Species that contain: Eleotris and melanosoma [ 11 ] records

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.

fortis, Eleotris Tanaka [S.] 1912:106, Pl. 27 (figs. 108-109), 28 (fig. 113) [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan v. 6; ref. 6033] Tansui River near Taihoku, northern Taiwan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT uncat. (apparently lost). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Okada 1961:647 [ref. 6363], Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hainanensis, Eleotris Chen [J. T. F.] 1933:370, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 5 (no. 5); ref. 16476] Hoihow, northern Hainan Island, China. No types known. •Synonym of Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:265 [ref. 26639], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:429 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:431 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34477] (also treated as synonym of Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845), 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.

insulindicus, Culius Bleeker [P.] 1875:107 [7] [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 440] Padang, Sumatra; Singapore; Buru (Kajali); Ambon; Kupang,Timor. Syntypes: RMNH 4804 (12). •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], 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.

macrocephalus, Culius Bleeker [P.] 1857:70 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 16866] Kajeli, Buru Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 25935. •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Eleotris macrocephala (Bleeker 1857) -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:489 [ref. 38793]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris macrocephala (Bleeker 1857). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrolepis, Culius Bleeker [P.] 1875:109 [9] [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 440] Ambon Island, Molucca, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4759 (2). On p. 9 of separate. •Synonym of Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Eleotris macrolepis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950] but as macrolepsis on p. 278, Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:482 [ref. 38793]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris macrolepis (Bleeker 1875). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Ambon, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanosoma, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:705 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, western Sumatra [should be Ceram], Indonesia, in sea. Syntypes: (4) RMNH 4815 (some of 16). •Valid as Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:240 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:393 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Roberts 1989:166 [ref. 6439], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:553 [ref. 25598], Zheng 1989:337 [ref. 21202], Allen & Coates 1990:96 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:156 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:977 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:361 [ref. 24071], Zhu 1995:174 [ref. 25213], Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1150 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:60 [ref. 25191], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25693], Skelton 2001:361 [ref. 27406], Nakabo 2002:1150 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Parenti & Lim 2005:194 [ref. 28285], Hoese 2006:1600 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:152 [ref. 30265], Schliewen 2011:209 [ref. 31738], 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 [reg. 34867], Prokofiev 2016:636 [ref. 35020], Pusey et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35250], Mennesson & Keith 2017:214 [ref. 35460], Fricke et al. 2018:319 [ref. 35805], Mennesson et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36105], Suresh et al. 2018:280 [ref. 36495], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Keith et al. 2021:90 [ref. 38257], Mennesson et al. 2021:480 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:428 [ref. 39830], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Larson 2022:184 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:73 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Pacific: Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Ceram, Papua) north to the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Solomons Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanosoma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1853:703 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4546. The name melanosoma is apparently a noun, so melanosoma is correct. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Eleotris melanosoma (Bleeker 1853) in Eleotridae -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:431 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Paragobiodon melanosomus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1185 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1185 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830] as melanosoma, Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097] as melanosoma, Allen & Erdmann 2012:902 [ref. 31980] as melanosomus, Larson et al. 2013:204 [ref. 32988] dated 1852, Fricke et al. 2014:170 [ref. 33932], Wada et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon melanosoma (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall and Solomon islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: 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.

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.