Species that contain: Bunaka and gyrinoides [ 6 ] records

canarensis, Eleotris Day [F.] 1876:313, Pl. 69 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Mangalore, India. Syntypes: AMS B.8271 (1); ZSI 2094 (lost), 2507 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

francoi, Boroda Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:303, Pl. 2 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Dagupan River, Pangasinan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: BSM 31947 (destroyed in WWII). Paratypes: (1, destroyed in WWII). •Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gyrinoides, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:272 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Benculen [Bengkulu], Priaman, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4751 (3). Original as gyrinoïdes. •Valid as Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen 1991:169 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:302 [ref. 21400], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797]). •Valid as Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen & Coates 1990:133 [ref. 15715], Kottelat et al. 1993:133 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:232 [ref. 24016], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2000:137 [ref. 27467], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25930], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Huang & Chen 2008:184 [ref. 30067], Allen et al. 2008:148 [ref. 30265], Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239], Pusey et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Keith et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38257], Oyama et al. 2021:21 [ref. 40946], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Alonzo et al. 2024:30 [ref. 42604]). Current status: Valid as Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pelewensis, Lizettea Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:276, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 59 (no. 2); ref. 2125] Freshwater brook on a small islet in Palau Islands [= Pelew Islands], western Pacific. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 29074. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:150 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603]) Current status: Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pinguis, Bunaka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:61, Pl. 27 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Dumaguete River, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Holotype: BSMP 10594 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes: BSMP (3) presumed destroyed. Additional material or paratypes: BSMP (9) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:182 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Huang & Chen 2008:184 [ref. 30067], Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sticta, Bunaka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1942:119 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 13207] Tagaloan River at Tagaloan, Oriental Misamis Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 36534. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:105 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.