Hypseleotris modestus (Bleeker) 
Asterropteryx modestus BLEEKER. Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., Harlem, 
vol. 10, p. Ill, 1875 (on BLEEKER 1854); Verslag. Kon. Akad. Wet Amster¬ 
dam, ser. 2, vol. 11, p. 8 l, 1877 (Singapore; Sumatra). - FOWLER, List 
Fish. Malaya, p. 207, 1938 (Singapore). 
Asterropterix modestus FOWLER, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 394, 
1928 (compiled). 
Eleotris ( Asterropteryx ) modestus PERUGIA, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 
vol. 34, p. 548, 1894 (Inawi River, San Guiseppe, Makemo, New Guinea). 
Hypseleotris modestus JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Bull. Bur. Fisher., p. 
27, 1908 (Mindoro); Philippine Journ. Sci., p. 4-6, 1910 (reference). - 
HERRE, Gobies of Philippines, p.41, 1927 (Taytay; Daguitan R.; Pansipit R.; 
San Jose; Puerto Galero); Fishes Herre 1931 Philippine Exped., p. 80, 193 4 
(Dulag, Leyte). - FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 
8l, fig. 20, 1934 (ten.miles north of Padang Bai, Bali). - ROXAS and MARTIN 
Depart. Agric. Comm. Manila, Tech. Bull. 6, p. 221, 1937 (reference). 
Eleotris cyprinoides (not VALENCIENNES) BLEEKER, Nat. Tyds, Ned. 
