Species that contain: Stiphodon and elegans [ 4 ] records

elegans, Sicydium Steindachner [F.] 1879:152 [34] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Society Islands. Lectotype: NMW 57852-2. Paralectotypes: NMW 57858-1 (1), 57858-3 (1), 57858-4 (1). On p. 34 of separate. Lectotype selected by Watson 1995:42 [ref. 21672]. •Valid as Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner 1879) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:635 [ref. 25598], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:495 [ref. 23876], Maugé et al. 1992:225 [ref. 19910], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:968 [ref. 21279], Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448], Watson & Kottelat 1995:1 [ref. 21671], Watson 1998:76 [ref. 23640], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Buden et al. 2001:7 [ref. 25496], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293] dated 1859, Keith et al. 2002:146 [ref. 31473], Keith et al. 2002:163 [ref. 26365], Maeda & Saeki 2013:216 [ref. 33022], Maeda et al. 2015:256 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:192 [ref. 34328], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492], Parenti 2021:426 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner 1879). Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Fiji east to Austral Islands (French Polynesia) [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

multisquamus, Stiphodon elegans Wu [H.-L.] & Ni [Y.] 1986:302 [English p. 303], Fig. 174 [The freshwater and estuarine fishes of Hainan Island; ref. 20214] Lingshui River, Baoting, Hainan, China. Holotype (unique): SFC HN 831879. •Synonym of Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner 1879), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:495 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Stiphodon multisquamus Wu & Ni 1986 -- (Zhu 1995:184 [ref. 25213], Chen & Tan 2005:241 [ref. 28539], Maeda & Tan 2013:760 [ref. 32886], Maeda & Saeki 2013:216 [ref. 33022], Maeda 2013:(7) [ref. 33023], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989], Maeda & Palla 2015:393 [ref. 33960], Maeda et al. 2015:246 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:210 [ref. 34328], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477], Kunishima et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38647], Parenti 2021:427 [ref. 38603], Donaldson et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40378], Jhuang et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41245]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon multisquamus Wu & Ni 1986. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea north to Wakayama (Japan) [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ornatus, Stiphodon elegans Meinken [H.] 1974:197, Figs. [Aquarium Aqua Terra v. 8 (no. 59); ref. 7516] Barung Belantai River, Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (several) SMF 12483 (2). •Valid as Stiphodon ornatus Meinken 1974 -- (Watson 1998:70 [ref. 23640], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Watson 2008:51 [ref. 29534], Maeda & Tan 2013:750 [ref. 32886], Maeda 2013:(7) [ref. 33023], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989], Maeda & Palla 2015:394 [ref. 33960], Maeda et al. 2015:256 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:218 [ref. 34328], Keith et al. 2015:220 [ref. 34020], Parenti 2021:428 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon ornatus Meinken 1974. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: West Sumatra and Sumatra, Indonesia [supposedly amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

stevensoni, Vailima Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:398, Fig. 87 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Gasegase River at Vaimosa, near Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51775. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8697 (6), USNM 175130 (6). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:125 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Stiphodon stevensoni (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:636 [ref. 25598], Maugé et al. 1992:227 [ref. 19910], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Watson 1999:89 [ref. 23674], Keith et al. 2015:192 [ref. 34328], Parenti 2021:426 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner 1879). Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.