boddarti, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1770:11, Pl. 2 (fig. 4-5) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Indian Ocean. No types known. Gobius boddaert Lacepède 1800:535, 543 [ref. 2709] and Sonnini 1803:191, 202 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473] is an unjustified emendation. Spelled boddaerti in Gmelin 1789:1201 [ref. 18139] and Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:199 [ref. 1006]. •Valid as Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas 1770) -- (Murdy 1989:14 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:295 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:954 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:1832 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:143 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:210 [ref. 22772], Coad 1996:6 [ref. 23831], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Khaironizam & Norma-Rashid 2003:250 [ref. 27124], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710] as Boleopthalmus, Ataur Rahman 2003:320 [ref. 31338], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:265 [ref. 30449], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:319 [ref. 32496], Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:191 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33161], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34319], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:10 [ref. 35561], Ali et al. 2018:337 [ref. 36183], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:547 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:474 [ref. 39830], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[8] [ref. 39245], Larson 2022:173 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Sulawesi and Maluku (Indonesia) and Philippines, north to northern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.