javanicus, Aphthalmichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1857:105, Pl. 14 (fig. 71) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.11.28.258 (1), RMNH 3687 (1) or 3808 (1). •Valid as Moringua javanica (Kaup 1857) -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:187 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:111 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:5 [ref. 13251], Kottelat et al. 1993:10 [ref. 23448], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:64 [ref. 22017], Myers 1999:41 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:39 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:193 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:6 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:193 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Paxton et al. 2006:239 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2009:14 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:71 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:40 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Fricke et al. 2018:32 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:21 [ref. 36883], Smith 2022:83 [ref. 39684], Allen & Erdmann 2024:79 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Moringua javanica (Kaup 1857). Moringuidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Mariana Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Grande Terre (New Caledonia) and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: brackish, marine.