nijsseni, Oxyurichthys Menon [A. G. K.] & Govindan [N.] 1977:13, Fig. 1 [Matsya No. 2 [for 1976]; ref. 8804] Ennore estuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: ZSI F250/76. Paratypes: ZMA 115270 (2); ZSI F251/76 (18). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:101 [ref. 19236]. See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys formosanus Nichols 1959 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:941 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Menon & Rema Devi 1991:464 [ref. 20061]). •Perhaps a synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Rema Devi 1993:179 [ref. 24020], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Oligolepis nijsseni (Menon & Govindan 1977) -- (Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis nijsseni (Menon & Govindan 1977). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: India (if valid). Habitat: brackish.