leuciscus, Myxus Günther [A.] 1872:666, Pl. 65 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands [South Pacific]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.135. •Valid as Chaenomugil leuciscus (Günther 1871) -- (Thomson 1997:477 [ref. 23428], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Mundy 2005:277 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther 1872) -- (Yoshino & Senou in Masuda et al. 1984:120 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:71 [ref. 23965], Harrison & Senou 1999:2099 [ref. 24780], Randall 1999:16 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:538 [ref. 25086], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Keith et al. 2002:102 [ref. 31473], Nakabo 2002:538 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:77 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:136 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:369 [ref. 31242], Durand et al. 2012:693 [ref. 32366], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988] dated 1871, Durand 2016:33 [ref. 35589], Shen & Durand 2016:80 [ref 35591] as Günther 1871, Yoshigou 2022:9 [ref. 39640]). Current status: Valid as Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther 1872). Mugilidae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: western and central Pacific islands, east to Wake Atoll and Austral Island (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.