Species that contain: Bostrychus and sinensis [ 3 ] records

ocellicauda, Philypnus Richardson [J.] 1844:59 [Ichthyology.--Part 1. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 3739] Bocca Tigris, China Seas. No types known. Illustrated in Richardson 1845, Pl. 56 (figs. 15-16) [ref. 20574]. •Synonym of Philypnus sinensis (Lacepède 1801) -- (Richardson 1845:149 [ref. 20575]). •Synonym of Bostrichthys sinensis (Lacepède 1801) -- (Zheng 1989:339 [ref. 21202]). •Synonym of Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801 -- (Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801. Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ophicephalus, Philypnus Bleeker [P.] 1849:20 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits and Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4502 (largest plus one more of 6) Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801 -- (Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801. Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sinensis, Bostrychus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:140, 141 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] China. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:49 [ref. 19958]. Based on a Chinese drawing received via The Netherlands. Figured on Pl. 14 (fig. 2) of Lacepède 1800 [ref. 2709] but with vernacular name. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:159,160 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Bostrichthys sinensis (Lacepède 1801) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:260 [ref. 26639], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Zheng 1989:339 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:423 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:176 [ref. 25213], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977]). •Valid as Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:549 [ref. 25598], Kottelat et al. 1993:133 [ref. 23448], Larson & Williams 1997:370 [ref. 23967], Rainboth 1996:194 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1149 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:106 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1149 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Kottelat 2005:185 [ref. 28262], Hoese 2006:1597 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:136 [ref. 29532], Larson 2008:149 [ref. 30001], Larson et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:155 [ref. 33932], Zhang et al. 2016:198 [ref. 34477], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:251 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:424 [ref. 39830], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801. Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.