brachyurus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:20 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Patjitan, southern Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 5182 (some of 50). •Valid as Eleotris brachyurus Bleeker 1849 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950]). •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:492 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:36 [ref. 38603]), Current status: Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.