melanurus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:21 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Pasuruan, southern Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5182 (1 of 50). Wrongly treated as a synonym of the junior name Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853 by Mennesson et al. 2021:480 [ref. 38793]. •Synonym of Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849 -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Parenti 2021:37 [ref. 38603]). •Uncertain as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849 -- (Mennesson pers. commun. 21/11/2021). Current status: Uncertain as Eleotris melanura Bleeker 1849. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.