microchir, Moringua Bleeker [P.] 1853:124 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia; Cauer, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1867.11.28.295 (1) Ambon; RMNH 7182 (1) Cauer, 7183 (many). •Valid as Moringua microchir Bleeker 1853 -- (Castle 1986:188 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:112 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:5 [ref. 13251], Kottelat et al. 1993:10 [ref. 23448], Myers 1999:41 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:39 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:193 [ref. 25086], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:193 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:610 [ref. 27495], Paxton et al. 2006:239 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:72 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:40 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Motomura et al. 2017:28 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:32 [ref. 35805], Keith et al. 2021:22 [ref. 38257], Eudeline 2022:132 [ref. 39191], Smith 2022:83 [ref. 39684], Allen & Erdmann 2024:80 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Moringua microchir Bleeker 1853. Moringuidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to southern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia). Habitat: brackish, marine.