obtusirostris, Datnia Guichenot [A.] 1866:132 [Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2); ref. 14054] Madagascar. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2113. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:87 [ref. 12478], Fricke et al. 2018:244 [ref. 35805]. •Synonym of Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot 1866) -- (Vari 1978:276 [ref. 4514], Daget & Smith 1986:304 [ref. 6204], Vari 1992:2 [ref. 19770], Fricke et al. 2018:244 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot 1866). Terapontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.