kottelati, Monodactylus Pethiyagoda [R.] 1991:164, Fig. 3 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 44 (no. 3); ref. 21365] Puttalam Lagoon near Kalpitiya, about 8°14'N, 79°47'E, Sri Lanka. Holotype: ZSM 27871 [now ZRC 38484]. Paratypes: CMK 7210 (9). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:270 [ref. 31652]. See Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716]. Holotype still at ZRC. •Valid as Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda 1991 -- (Kottelat 2001:3219 [ref. 26115], Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:265 [ref. 36495], Heemstra 2022:346 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Valid as Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda 1991. Monodactylidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka and eastern India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.