Species that contain: Oxyurichthys and tentacularis [ 5 ] records

andamanensis, Oxyurichthys tentacularis Mehta [R.] in Mehta, Mehta & Devi 1990:668, Fig. 1f [Environment and Ecology (Kalyani) v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 20215] Andaman Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 77 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrurus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:35 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Near Jakarta, and Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6178 (some of 173). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. Preoccupied by the fossil taxon Gobius macrurus Agassiz 1839, which was described by Agassiz 1839:v. 4, p. 203, Pl. 34 (figs. 3-4) [ref. 13390]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 77 [ref. 33894]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ophthalmonema, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1856:208 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 16861] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4542 (smallest of 6). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Rema Devi 1993:178 [ref. 24020]). •Valid as Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker 1856) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:797 [ref. 5670], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:280 [ref. 26639], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:573 [ref. 25598], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:181 [ref. 25213], Pezold 1998:693 [ref. 23420], Suzuki et al. 2000:3 [ref. 24535], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1191 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1191 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:281 [ref. 30449], Larson & Buckle 2012:5, 22 [ref. 32272], Larson et al. 2013:203 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 51 [ref. 33894], Fricke et al. 2018:336 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:167 [ref. 39971], Zarei et al. 2022:372 [ref. 39576], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:87 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker 1856). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Oman, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Micronesia and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

rumbia, Oxyurichthys Popta [C. M. L.] 1922:30 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 7 (art. 2); ref. 3550] Rumbia, Sunda Islands, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMF 6578. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite 1918 -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 24 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite 1918. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tentacularis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:128 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1123 (2), A-1136 (2); RMNH 1916 (4), ?6188 (many). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:40 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:942 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:177 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:206 [ref. 22772], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Pezold 1998:693 [ref. 23420], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 77 [ref. 33894], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Taki et al. 2021:472 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia to Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.