Ptereleotris microlepis is a species of the fish is that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

It is widely distributed in a variety of nearshore habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

[1] The species can be found near Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu islands, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

[2]: 254  It has also been found near Tuamoto islands, southern parts Great Barrier Reef,[3] Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean.

[4] In English the species goes by common names like blue gudgeon, green-eye dart-goby, smallscale hovergoby, or pPale dartfish.