Species that contain: Ophiocara and porocephala [ 10 ] records

darwiniense, Agonostoma Macleay [W.] 1878:360, Pl. 9 (fig. 8) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.14855 (1), I.16385-001 [ex MAMU F970] (14). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:166 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Hoese 2006:1607 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32988]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:395 [ref. 32989], Keith & Mennesson 2021:100 [ref. 38375], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:6 [ref. 40357]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

iota, Lindemanella Whitley [G. P.] 1935:242 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Freshwater creek on Lindeman Island, northern Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.6411. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:170 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese 2006:1607 [ref. 28998]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989], Keith & Mennesson 2021:100 [ref. 38375], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:6 [ref. 40357]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

kuak, Eleotris Montrouzier [X.] 1857:465 [187] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. MGHNL (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:49 [ref. 19958]. On p. 187 of reprint. •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Bauchot et al. 1991:49 [ref. 19958]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989], Keith & Mennesson 2021:100 [ref. 38375], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:6 [ref. 40357]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

limosus, Eleotris Smith [J. L. B.] 1936:52, Pls. 4, 5 (fig. B) [Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa v. 24 (pt 1); ref. 13749] Isipingo lagoon, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 95 [ex AMG]. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218], Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

litoralis, Eleotris Day [F.] 1876:314 [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Andaman Islands, east of Bay of Bengal. Holotype (unique): ZSI 111 (lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:395 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:980 [ref. 20764], Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

madagascariensis, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:240 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN A-1683 (1) [= a species of Eleotris], A-2709 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:13 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218], Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:23 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ophicephalus, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:239 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1549. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:14 [ref. 19958]. Type information: Roberts 1993:43 [ref. 21799]. Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989] indicates that the species epithet is indeclinable. Catalog number of holotype corrected according to Keith & Mennesson 2021:254, erratum [ref. 38375]. •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:396 [ref. 6218], Roberts 1993:43 [ref. 21799], Fricke 1999:496 [ref. 24106], Hoese 2006:1607 [ref. 28998]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:23 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989], Keith & Mennesson 2021:100 [ref. 38375], Keith et al. 2021:104 [ref. 38257], Furuhashi et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40140], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:6 [ref. 40357]). Current status: Valid as Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and Japan, south to Northern Territory (Australia), northern Queensland and Lizard Island (Australia), Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

porocephala, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:237 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Seychelles. Lectotype: MNHN 2020-0477 [ex MNHN IC-A-1573]. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1573 (4) Seychelles; MNHN A-1574 (2) New Ireland [= Ophiocara ophicephalus]. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:15 [ref. 19958]. Sometimes considered as a simultaneous synonym of Eleotris ophicephalus, Günther (1861:107) apparently gave precedence to ophicephalus. Lectotype selected by Keith & Mennesson 2021:103 [ref. 38375]. Species epithet here treated as an adjective, because Valenciennes named the species [in French] the Porous-headed Eleotris. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:396 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:810 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:550 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:101 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:166 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:980 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:135 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:195 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:496 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1149 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:320 [ref. 25930], Mukai et al. 2002:2 [ref. 26177], Nakabo 2002:1149 [ref. 26193], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Hoese 2006:1607 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:160 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:257 [ref. 30449], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:156 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:87 [ref. 35333], Pusey et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2018:320 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375], Taki et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39830], Esmaeili et al. 2022:478 [ref. 39253], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:213 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:16 [ref. 40357], Çiçek et al. 2024:298 [ref. 40789]). •Valid as Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Roberts 1978:65 [ref. 8886], Parenti 2021:23 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius), western Sumatra, southern Java and southern Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

porocephaloides, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1854:511 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6198. Original as porocephaloïdes. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:4394 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

scintillans, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:146 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:24 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:980 [ref. 20764]). •Incertae sedis, possibly a species of Incara -- (Keith & Mennesson 2021:103 [ref. 38375]). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.