Species that contain: Periophthalmus and barbarus [ 5 ] records

barbarus, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1766:450 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Liberia. Neotype: AMNH 32777. Neotype designated by Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus cantonensis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:502 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466], Larson & Takita 2004:184 [ref. 28075], Harrison et al. 2007:497 [ref. 30083], Jaafar & Larson 2008:952 [ref. 29863], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:21 [ref. 35561], Ali et al. 2018:337 [ref. 36183], Reiner 2019:265 [ref. 38139], Skelton 2019:228, 237 [ref. 36564], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

erythronemus, Periophthalmus Guichenot [A.] in Duméril 1861:250, Pl. 22 (fig. 5) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gorée, Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6241. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:43 [ref. 19958]. Guichenot's contribution not indicated; authorship might be Duméril (ex Guichenot). •Synonym of Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:958 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gabonicus, Periophthalmus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:250, Pl. 22 (fig. 4) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6240 (3). •Synonym of Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:958 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

koelreuteri, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1770:8, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-3) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Unknown locality. Syntypes: (2) plus. Kottelat (2013:418) says 2 syntypes plus Koelteuter material. •Valid as Periophthalmus koelreuteri (Pallas 1770) -- (Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:400 [ref. 6218], Ataur Rahman 1989:297 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:965 [ref. 20764], Coad 1991:22 [ref. 15702], Poll & Gosse 1995:111 [ref. 24781], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Ataur Rahman 2003:322 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590] as koebreuteri, Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710] as keelreuteri, Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

papilio, Periophthalmus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:63, Pl. 14 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] "Tranquebar, India" [probably in error]. No types known. •Valid as Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:958 [ref. 19376], Poll & Gosse 1995:111 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.