breviceps, Philypnodon Stokell [G.] 1939:131, Pl. 15 [Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 69 (pt 1); ref. 17224] Kowai River, tributary of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury, New Zealand, elevation 1800 feet. Holotype: CMC F77. Paratypes: (6) AMS IA.7592 (2), ? not IA.7604-05 (2), ? not IB.433-434 (2); BMNH 1940.2.12.1-2 (2); CMC F78 (2). Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:9 [ref. 22860]. •Valid as Gobiomorphus breviceps (Stokell 1939) -- (McDowall 1975:21 [ref. 7113], Paulin et al. 1989:224 [ref. 24556], McDowall & Stevens 2009:21 [ref. 30477], McDowall & Stewart 2015:1566 [ref. 34303], Thacker et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38849], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiomorphus breviceps (Stokell 1939). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: New Zealand: South Island. Habitat: freshwater.