cyprinoides, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:248 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Saint-Maurice River, Réunion, western Mascarenes. Syntypes: MNHN A-1568 (1), 2099 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:11 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:560 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:96 [ref. 25561], Fricke 1999:496 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:108 [ref. 24548], Nakabo 2000:1151 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Skelton 2001:362 [ref. 27406], Nakabo 2002:1151 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Unmack 2005:2, 10 [ref. 28186], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34477], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239], Fricke et al. 2018:319 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:46 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Keith & Mennesson 2023:19 [ref. 40181]). Current status: Valid as Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South frica), Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Bangladesh and the western coast of the Sunda Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.