brachypterus, Apocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1855:401 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 16848] Lake Grati, Pasuruan Province, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (18) RMNH 4497 (11). •Valid as Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Ott 2011:71 [ref. 32266], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33161], Sulaiman et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35802], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker 1855). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Asia, Southeast Asia: Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Luzon (Philippines). Habitat: freshwater.