paucipora, Oxyeleotris Roberts [T. R.] 1978:67, Fig. 38b [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 281; ref. 8886] Upper Fly River, Papua New Guinea, 6°07.5'S, 141°17.0'E. Holotype: USNM 217293. Paratypes: AMS 27086-001 [ex USNM 217295] (3); BMNH 1980.4.30.1-3 [ex USNM 217295] (3); KFRS 517.01 [ex USNM 217295] (5, missing 2/03); USNM 217294 (7), 217295 (orig. 31, now 20), 217296 (orig. 9, now 6), 217297 (4). •Valid as Oxyeleotris paucipora Roberts 1978 -- (Allen 1991:171 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27467], Allen et al. 2008:159 [ref. 30265], Parenti 2021:26 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxyeleotris paucipora Roberts 1978. Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Oceania: central-southern New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Habitat: brackish, marine.