Species that contain: Oxyurichthys and lonchotus [ 3 ] records

guibei, Oxyurichthys Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:215, Fig. 33A [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Mauritius (erroneous, is Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean). Holotype: MNHN 0000-0988. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:42 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys guibei Smith 1959 -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Fricke 1999:517 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 34 [ref. 33894], Larson 2022:165 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Réunion (western Mascarenes endemic) (if valid). Habitat: marine.

lonchotus, Gobionellus Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:503, Fig. 44 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50698. Paratypes: (several) CAS-SU 23328 (14). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:132 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903) -- (Pezold 1998:693 [ref. 23420], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Greenfield & Randall 2004:533 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:478 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:407 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:983 [ref. 31980], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 34 [ref. 33894], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Akaike et al. 2021:29 [ref. 38809], Larson 2022:165 [ref. 39971], Okamura et al. 2023:24 [ref. 40943]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique; Kenya), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

visayanus, Oxyurichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:254 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Cebu Island, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 12405 and 26096-106 (12) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:190 [ref. 2676]. Distribution in freshwater cited by Kottelat (2013). •Valid as Oxyurichthys visayanus Herre 1927 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:564 [ref. 27969], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24535], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1193 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1193 [ref. 26193], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 34 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys lonchotus (Jenkins 1903). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Philippines, Malaysia and southern Japan (if valid). Habitat: brackish.