Species that contain: Oxyurichthys and papuensis [ 4 ] records

belosso, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:316 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 16935] Tjiringin, Banten Province, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4543 (156 mm TL spec. of 6). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 57 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

oculomirus, Oxyurichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:256 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Market at Cebu, Cebu Province, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 12010 and 26925-30 (7) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Additional material: BSMP (6) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:190 [ref. 2676]. Originally as oculo-mirus. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989] with question, Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 57 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

papuensis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:106 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1174. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:38 [ref. 19958]. See also Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26753]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kailola 1971:130 [ref. 39475], Goren 1979:49 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:249 [ref. 29757], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1066 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:797 [ref. 5670], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:339 [ref. 22896], Zhu 1995:181 [ref. 25213], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24582], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1192 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1192 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:188 [ref. 27510], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:43 [ref. 27712], Randall 2005:544 [ref. 28239], Larson et al. 2008:143 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:282 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:984 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 57 [ref. 33894], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Fricke et al. 2018:336 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Larson 2022:167 [ref. 39971], Thu & Thao 2023:641 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Philippines and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to O. petersii (Klunzinger 1871). Habitat: brackish, marine.

petersii, Apocryptes (Gobiichthys) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:480 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMNS 1753 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:10 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:39 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:49 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:249 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26753] as petersi, Golani 2005:57 [ref. 37112] as petersi, Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533] as petersi, Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737] as petersi, Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 65 [ref. 33894], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706] as petersi, Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Bariche & Fricke 2020:128 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Golani 2021:76 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Kovačić et al. 2022: 71 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:168 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094] as petersi). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger 1871). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.