balia, Eleotris Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:526, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 29 (no. 1433); ref. 10646] Hong Kong, China. Holotype (unique): USNM 52082. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:126 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Eleotris balia Jordan & Seale 1905 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950]). •Synonym of Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Okada 1961:647 [ref. 6363], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:340 [ref. 7348], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:429 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:393 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:38 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.