Species that contain: Eleotris and fusca [ 17 ] records

andamensis, Eleotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1939:344 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 41 (pt 4); ref. 2127] Stream near Machligaon, Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 37152. Paratypes: (9) CAS-SU 16968 (3), 69717 (1); ZSI F13632/1 (1); F13633/1-13634/1 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291], Menon & Yazdani 1968:151 [ref. 20743] with ZSI 13632/1 as holotype. •Valid as Eleotris andamensis Herre 1939 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brachyurus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:20 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Patjitan, southern Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 5182 (some of 50). •Valid as Eleotris brachyurus Bleeker 1849 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]), Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cavifrons, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:145 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. No types known. Types possibly at ZSI? •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2017:217 [ref. 35460], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

culius, Cheilodipterus Hamilton [F.] 1822:55, 367, Pl. 5 (fig. 16) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ponds and ditches of Bengal, India. No types known. Spelled Cheilodepterus culius on plate. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 36 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Forster 1801) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:313 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2017:217 [ref. 35460], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

eigenmanni, Eleotris Popta [C. M. L.] 1921:206 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 6 (art. 15); ref. 15325] Raha in Muna, Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (7) RMNH 10708 (1); SMF 6594 (1), 6595-99 (5). •Questionably a synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1852 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Eleotris eigenmanni Popta 1921 -- (Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:489 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris eigenmanni Popta 1921. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sunda Islands (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

fornasini, Eleotris Bianconi [G. G.] 1857:267, Pl. 8 [Specimina zoologica mosambicana; ref. 295] Mozambique. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.179. Name also appeared in Bianconi 1858:441 [ref. 26454] with figure. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Forster 1801) -- (Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:183 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

fusca, Poecilia Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Forster) 1801:453 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Pacific islands [is Oriadea = Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. No types known. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Forster manuscript reproduced as Cobitis pacifica in Lichtenstein 1844:235-236 [ref. 17531]. •Valid as Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) [sometimes authorship given as Forster] -- (Roberts 1978:65 [ref. 8886], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:240 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Ataur Rahman 1989:287 [ref. 24860], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:554 [ref. 25598], Zheng 1989:334 [ref. 21202], Pethiyagoda 1991:240 [ref. 20075], Allen 1991:155 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:975 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:434 [ref. 23876], Allen et al. 1992:302 [ref. 21400], Skelton 1993:360 [ref. 24071], Roberts 1993:42 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:175 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:195 [ref. 22772], Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Fricke 1999:494 [ref. 24106] with note on locality, Keith et al. 1999:104 [ref. 24548], Mishra et al. 1999:88 [ref. 25315], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1150 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:60 [ref. 25191], Freyhof et al. 2000:97 [ref. 25184], Stiassny & Harrison 2000:150 [ref. 25252], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25693], Skelton 2001:360 [ref. 27406] with author as Schneider, Allen et al. 2002:319 [ref. 25930], Keith et al. 2002:120 [ref. 31473], Nakabo 2002:1150 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:312 [ref. 31338], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330, 3338 [ref. 27945], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Hoese 2006:1599 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:151 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Yonezawa et al. 2010:253 [ref. 30902], Schliewen 2011:209 [ref. 31738], Maeda et al. 2011:257 [ref. 32003], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:156 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Zhang et al. 2016:198 [ref. 34477], Mennesson et al. 2016:498, 503 [ref. 34867], Koeda et al. 2016:87 [ref. 35333], Pusey et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35250], Mennesson & Keith 2017:217 [ref. 35460], Guimarães-Costa et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35781], Mennesson et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36105], Suresh et al. 2018:279 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Mennesson & Keith 2020:202 [ref. 37852], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Keith et al. 2021:88 [ref. 38257], Mennesson et al. 2021:489 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603], Kobayashi et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39009], Koreeda et al. 2022:24 [ref. 39102], Larson 2022:183 [ref. 39971], Furuhashi et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40140], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:73 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Socotra (Yemen) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Gambier Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia); rare in western Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

incerta, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:146 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Fish markets at Calcutta, India. No types known. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2017:217 [ref. 35460], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

klunzingerii, Eleotris Pfeffer [G. J.] 1893:142 [14], Pl. 3 (fig. 8) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 10; ref. 3461] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: ZMH H412 [ex ZMH 6818]. Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:166 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161]. On p. 14 of separate. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Forster 1801) -- (Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218] as klunzingeri). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Larson 2022:183 [ref. 39971]). •Valid as Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer 1893 -- (Mennesson & Keith 2017:217 [ref. 35460], Fricke et al. 2018:318 [ref. 35805], Mennesson & Keith 2020:202 [ref. 37852], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer 1893. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Transkei (South Africa), East Africa, Reunion, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mauritianus, Eleotris Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1852.9.13.179 (1), 1855.12.26.562 (1), 2016.6.6.2 (1). Correct name is mauritiana when in Eleotris (feminine gender). The syntype BMNH 1852.9.13.179 is also the holotype of Eleotris fornasini Bianconi 1857, uncertain as syntype. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Schneider & Forster 1801) -- (Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Eleotris mauritianus Bennett 1832 -- (Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Fricke 1999:495 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:106 [ref. 24548], Heemstra 2004:3338 [ref. 27945]). •Synonym of Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker 1853 -- (Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852] with question). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Larson 2022:183 [ref. 39971] with question). •Valid as Eleotris mauritiana Bennett 1832 -- (Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:318 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Uncertain as Eleotris mauritiana Bennett 1832. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, South Africa to Socotra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanurus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:21 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Pasuruan, southern Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5182 (1 of 50). Wrongly treated as a synonym of the junior name Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 by Mennesson et al. 2021:480 [ref. 38793]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). •Uncertain as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849 -- (Mennesson pers. commun. 21/11/2021). Current status: Uncertain as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

niger, Cottus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:231, 250 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] No locality stated. No types known. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority (according to ICZN Art. 23.9) in favor of Eleotris fusca (Forster 1801). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:280, 306 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. See note by Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

niger, Eleotris Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:259, Pl. 60 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1578 (1), A-1581 (1), 1989-1846 [ex A-1578] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:14 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218] as nigra, Fricke 1999:495 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson et al. 2016:503 [reg. 34867], Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

oopupape, Gobius Curtiss [A.] 1938:37 [A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands; ref. 18057] Vaitapiha River, Tautira township, Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pseudacanthopomus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:276 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Western Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 10595. Bleeker specimens: RMNH 5182 (all but 1 possibly). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:14 [ref. 13474] with species spelled pseudoacanthopomus and SMNS 10595 as holotype, Fricke 2005:36 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Eleotris pseudacanthopomus Bleeker 1853 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950] as pseudacantha on some pages, Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Parenti 2021:39 [ref. 38603] as pseudacanthopoma). ▐ Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Mennesson et al. 2021:480 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

soaresi, Eleotris Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:74, Pl. 9 (fig. 4) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Mozambique. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.11.15.127 (1), 1865.3.18.26-27 (2), 1867.3.9.521 (1). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Schneider & Forster 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:392 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460]). •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Eleotris soaresi Playfair 1867 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950] as soaresii, Mennesson & Keith 2020:197 [ref. 37852]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris soaresi Playfair 1867. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

vitianus, Eleotris (Culius) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:56 [17] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Fiji Islands. Syntypes: MNHN A-1420 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:16 [ref. 19958]. On p. 17 of separate. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Mennesson et al. 2016:503 [reg. 34867], Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.