Species that contain: Eleotris and canarensis [ 1 ] 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: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.