Species that contain: Microeleotris and panamensis [ 2 ] records

macrolepis, Eleotris Meek [S. E.] 1914:130 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 10 (no. 10); ref. 2961] Jesús María, Costa Rica. Holotype (unique): FMNH 7775. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:34 [ref. 12367]. Eleotris macrolepis Meek 1914 is secondarily preoccupied by Culius macrolepis Bleeker 1875 when both are in the genus Eleotris (see Weber 1907 [ref. 4599]). Next available name is Microeleotris panamensis Meek & Hildebrand 1916. •Synonym of Leptophilypnus fluviatilis Meek & Hildebrand 1916 -- (Miller 1998:277, 278 [ref. 24950]). •Synonym of Leptophilypnus panamensis (Meek & Hildebrand 1916) -- (Grey 1947:142 [ref. 12302], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Thacker et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28798]). •Valid as Leptophilypnus macrolepis (Meek 1914) -- (Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38603]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Leptophilypnus macrolepis (Meek 1914). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Central America: Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

panamensis, Microeleotris Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1916:363 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 10 (no. 15); ref. 2962] Río Juan Díaz, Panama. Holotype: FMNH 8953. Paratypes: CAS 78978 [ex IU 14071] (1); FMNH 27089-98 (10), 27099-106 (8). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:56 [ref. 12367]. Eleotris macrolepis Meek 1914 is secondarily preoccupied by Culius macrolepis Bleeker 1875 when both are in the genus Eleotris (see Weber 1907 [ref. 4599]). Next available name is Microeleotris panamensis Meek & Hildebrand 1916. •Valid as Microeleotris panamensis Meek & Hildebrand 1916 -- (Miller 1998:278 [ref. 24950]). •Valid as Leptophilypnus panamensis (Meek & Hildebrand 1916) -- (Grey 1947:142 [ref. 12302], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Thacker et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28798], Van Tassell 2011:148 [ref. 31732], Angulo et al. 2013:1007 [ref. 33194], Angulo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37425], Angulo 2021:11, 15 [ref. 38913]). •Synonym of Leptophilypnus macrolepis (Meek 1914) -- (Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Leptophilypnus macrolepis (Meek 1914). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater.