• Odonteleotris Gill, T.N. 1863. On the gobioids of the eastern coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(5): 267-271 [270].

  Type species:

   Eleotris macrodon Bleeker, 1853 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific.

IBRA

NT, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

• Eleotris macrodon Bleeker, P. 1853. Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 25: 1-164 pls 1-6 [104, pl. 2(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 4472, Hooghly River at Calcutta, India.

Generic Combinations

• Odonteleotris macrodon (Bleeker, 1853). —
  Gill, T.N. 1863. On the gobioids of the eastern coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(5): 267-271 [270] (changed combination as type of genus Odonteleotris)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Oxyeleotris sp. —
  Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [371]
• Oxyeleotris sp. 2. —
  Allen, G.R. & Leggett, R. 1990. A collection of freshwater fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 527-545 fig. 1 [541]

Introduction

The population from Australia and southern New Guinea appears disjunct from the Asian population, differing slightly in fin ray counts and two species may be involved.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Keightly River, WA (123°59'E) to Darwin, NT (131°E); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA

NT, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Eleotridae. pp. 1596-1611 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1606]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [371] (as Oxyeleotris sp.)

Common Name References

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [224] (Smooth-scaled Gudgeon)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Sinuous Gudgeon)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [59] (Sinuous Gudgeon)

History of changes