Ophieleotris Aurich [H.] 1938:132 Fem. Eleotris aporos Bleeker 1854. Type by original designation in Zoological Record. Not available from Aurich 1938 as above (Art. 13.3), two included species, neither apparently designated as type [article not translated]. If not available from Aurich 1938, then genus dates to treatment in Zoological Record for 1938 (see remarks on Art. 13.3 in Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]). •Valid as Ophieleotris Aurich 1938 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:240 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:181 [ref. 7303], Allen 1991:166 [ref. 21090], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Unmack 2005:2 [ref. 28186], Thacker 2011:81 [ref. 31726] in Eleotridae, Zhang et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34477]). •Synonym of Giuris Sauvage 1880 -- (Hoese 2006:1600 [ref. 28988] with authorshp as Regan, Norman and White in Zoological Record for 1938, Kottelat 2013:393 [ef. 32989], Parenti 2021:40 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Giuris Sauvage 1880. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.