Species that contain: Ptereleotris and microlepis [ 7 ] records

andamensis, Ptereleotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1939:345 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 41 (pt 4); ref. 2127] Curlew Island, Stewart Sound, North Andaman Islands. Holotype: ZSI (whereabouts unknown). Paratypes: (3) CAS-SU 37166 (2), ZSI F4810/2 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

bockensis, Gracileotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:190 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 2); ref. 2144] Bock Island, Rongeril Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: apparently lost. Paratypes: (6) USNM 202545 [ex UW 8434] (1). •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

elongata, Eleotris Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:334, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Erub [= Darnley] Island, 9°35'S, 143°46'E, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16383-001 [ex MAMU F962]. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:158 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197], Hoese 2006:1709 [ref. 28998]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

itomanensis, Ptereleotris microlepis Aoyagi [H.] 1949:228 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 58 (no. 12); ref. 21780] Itoman, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): not at YCM, apparently lost. Type information: Hayashi 1995:7 [ref. 22717]. Spelled itomanesnsis in main heading (p. 228) and itomaensis in summary on p. 230; named for type locality Itoman, and correct spelling would be itomanensis; we regard both spellings in the original as misspellings. •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

letholepis, Ptereleotris Clark [H. W.] 1938:182 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 22 (no. 7); ref. 12316] Hau Island, Tuamotu Archipelago. Holotype: CAS 5529. Paratypes: CAS 5530-31 (1, 1). •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

microlepis, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1856:102 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 16857] Banda Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4668. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1866.2.15.10 (1). •Valid as Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:246 [ref. 6441], Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197], Randall et al. 1990:417 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:28 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:364 [ref. 23929], Randall et al. 1994:251 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:348 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:417 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:264 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1267 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:421 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:254 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Nakabo 2002:1267 [ref. 26193], Randall & Shen 2002:491 [ref. 26738], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:567 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1709 [ref. 28998], Randall & Suzuki 2008:96 [ref. 29664], Shibukawa 2009:293 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1001 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:209 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:165 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:84 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:295 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara et al. 2020:38 [ref. 38631], Kodeeswaran & Praveenraj 2020:426 [ref. 37850], Larson 2022:196 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:30 [ref. 40247], Sato et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40949]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

playfairi, Ptereleotris Whitley [G. P.] 1933:90 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.9.502. Based on Eleotris microlepis of Playfair & Günther 1867:75, Pl. 9 (fig. 5) [ref. 3490]. Type illustrated by McCulloch & Ogilby 1919:258, Pl. 37 (fig. 1) [ref. 15219]. •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197], Larson 2022:196 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.