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Genera in the family or subfamily Oxudercidae: [ 231 ] records

Acanthogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:145 Masc. Gobius flavimanus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. Kottelat (2013) places in the synonymy of Synechogobius Gill 1859. •Synonym of Diepinotus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:363 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:278 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:183, 184 [ref. 7303], Gomon et al. 1994:782 [ref. 22532], Lee 2001:50 [ref. 25335], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:214 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2003:S41 [ref. 28444], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:435 [ref. 30089] with subgenera, Hoese & Larson 2008:750 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:93 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:169 [ref. 31732], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:45 [ref. 32580], Parin et al. 2015:474 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:284 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Actinogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:319 Masc. Gobius ommaturus Richardson 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Synechogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:488 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Diepinotus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:284 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ainosus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:109 Masc. Gobius geneionema Hilgendorf 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:394 [ref. 7348], Parenti 2021:288 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Akihito Watson [R. E.], Keith [P.] & Marquet [G.] 2007:342 Masc. Akihito vanuatu Watson, Keith & Marquet 2007. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Questionably a synonym of Sicyopus Gill 1863 -- (Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Akihito Watson, Keith & Marquet 2007 -- (Keith et al. 2008:471 [ref. 29500], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Keith et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34328], Parenti 2021:422 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Akihito Watson, Keith & Marquet 2007. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Amblychaeturichthys Bleeker [P.] 1874:324 Masc. Chaeturichthys hexanema Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Apparently misspelled Amblychaeturichthus on p. 324, as above on p. 292, 299. •Valid as Amblychaeturichthys Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:93 [ref. 31727], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:47 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:286 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblychaeturichthys Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Amblyopus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:157 Masc. Taenioides hermannii Lacepède 1800. Type by being a replacement name [or by subsequent designation]. Regarded as an unneeded substitute for Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Lacepède spelled the species as hermannii in a footnote; Valenciennes used the spelling Hermannianus based on Taenioïde Hermannien, Lacepède's vernacular. Valenciennes included additional species; he felt Lacepède's definition was incomplete. •Objective synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:385 [ref. 6218], Murdy 2003:334 [ref. 27039], Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Amblyotrypauchen Hora [S. L.] 1924:160 Masc. Amblyotrypauchen fraseri Hora 1924. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Amblyotrypauchen Hora 1924 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:790 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:331 [ref. 27039], Murdy 2006:61 [ref. 28850], Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2008:126 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyotrypauchen Hora 1924. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Aparrius Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:278 Masc. Gobius acutipinnis Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:475 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Apocryptes Osbeck [P.] 1758:130, 131 Masc. See Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628]. Name listed in synonymy. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Apocryptes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:143 Masc. Gobius bato Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:327 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Murdy 1989:5 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:292 [ref. 24860], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:8 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:386 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Apocryptichthys Day [F.] 1876:302 Masc. Apocryptes cantoris Day 1871. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Murdy 1989:10 [ref. 13628]), with specimen in Pl. 17 a synonym of Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1850. •Valid as Apocryptichthys Day 1876 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:493 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:396 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Scartelaos Swainson 1839. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Apocryptodon Bleeker [P.] 1874:327 Masc. Apocryptes madurensis Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Apocryptodon Bleeker 1874 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:408 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Murdy 1989:9 [ref. 13628], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murase et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35042], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:9 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:386 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptodon Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Aprolepis Hubbs [C. L.] 1921:1 Fem. Aprolepis barbarae Hubbs 1921. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gillichthys Cooper 1864 -- (Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gillichthys Cooper 1864. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Astrabe Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:119 Fem. Astrabe lactisella Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Astrabe Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:397 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:281 [ref. 6441], Akihito & Meguro 1988 [ref. 6694], Birdsong et al. 1988:183, 185 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Okamoto & Endo 2007:57 [ref. 30826], Pezold 2011:93 [ref. 31727], Jang-Liaw et al. 2012:14 [ref. 32010], Parenti 2021:289 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Astrabe Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Awaouichthys Chatterjee [T. K.] & Mishra [S. S.] 2013:85 Masc. Awaouichthys menoni Chatterjee & Mishra 2013. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Awaouichthys Chatterjee & Mishra 2013 -- (Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Awaouichthys Chatterjee & Mishra 2013. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Awaous Steindachner [F.] 1861:289 Masc. See Awaous Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •See remark on dates under Chonophorus. •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Awaous (subgenus of Gobius) Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:97 Masc. Gobius ocellaris Broussonet 1782. Type by subsequent designation. If regarded as a subgenus, then authorship and type are as above. If regarded as used in a vernacular sense, then name dates to Steindachner 1861:289 [ref. 4205]. Type apparently designated first by Bleeker 1874:320 [ref. 437], also Koumans 1931:83 [ref. 5623]. •As a synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218] who dated to Steindachner 1860). •Valid as Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Ataur Rahman 1989:304 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:469 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:174 [ref. 21090], Watson 1992 [ref. 20016] dated to Valenciennes, Watson & Horsthemke 1995:83 [ref. 21933], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:437 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Ataur Rahman 2003:329 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:517 [ref. 30083], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:120 [ref. 30588], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:279 [ref. 31114], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Marshall 2011:264 [ref. 31755], Lindstrom et al. 2012:296 [ref. 32536], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:325 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603], Seth et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40589]). Current status: Valid as Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Berowra Whitley [G. P.] 1928:224 Fem. Gobius lidwilli McCulloch 1917. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as feminine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Pandaka Herre 1927 -- (Miller 1987:701 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:197 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:340 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pandaka Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Biendongella Prokofiev [A. M.] 2015:656 Fem. Biendongella iljini Prokofiev 2015. Type by original designation. Corrections in Murdy 2017:127 [ref. 35351]. •Valid as Biendongella Prokofiev 2015 -- (Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Biendongella Prokofiev 2015. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Boleophthalmus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:198 Masc. Gobius boddarti Pallas 1770. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:328 [ref. 437]. Misspelled Bolcophthalmus by Jordan 1923:227 (footnote 477) [ref. 2421]. •Valid as Boleophthalmus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:408 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:11 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:295 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:500 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:320 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:311 [ref. 32496], Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:10 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:387 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Boleops Gill [T. N.] 1863:271 Masc. Boleophthalmus aucupatorius Richardson 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated by Gill's style of type in parentheses in key. •Synonym of Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Murdy 1989:49 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:395 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Scartelaos Swainson 1839. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Brachyamblyopus Bleeker [P.] 1874:329 Masc. Amblyopus brachysoma Bleeker 1854. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Brachyamblyopus Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:287 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Allen 1991:201 [ref. 21090], Larson & Murdy 2001:3580 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Shibukawa 2002:254 [ref. 25988], Murdy & Ferraris 2003:4 [ref. 26662], Murdy & Shibukawa 2003:4 [ref. 27145], Murdy 2011:112 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Brachyamblyopus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Brachygobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:315 Masc. Gobius doriae Günther 1868. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Brachygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 1985:274 [ref. 11441], Miller 1987:699 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Roberts 1989:167 [ref. 6439], Miller 1989:377 [ref. 13540], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:306 [ref. 24860], Larson & Vidthayanon 2000:2 [ref. 24441], Iwata et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25227], Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:332 [ref. 31338], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:305 [ref. 38603], Yusri et al. 2025:21 [ref. 42456]). Current status: Valid as Brachygobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Bryanina Fowler [H. W.] 1932:10 Fem. Bryanina inana Fowler 1932. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (see Böhlke 1984:107 [ref. 13621], Watson et al. 2000:12 [ref. 25138], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Bubyr Iljin [B. S.] 1930:53 Masc. Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg 1916. Type by original designation. Species apparently appeared first as name only in Kawrajsky in Radde 1899, made available by use of Berg 1916. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:497 [ref. 6888], Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2014:489 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Knipowitschia Iljin 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Buenia Iljin [B. S.] 1930:51 Fem. Gobius affinis Kolombatović 1891. Type by original designation. Apparently based on a misidentified type species; not Gobius affinis Kolombatović, but affinis sensu Sanzo 1911. •Valid as Buenia Iljin 1930 -- (Miller 1973:491 [ref. 6888] with type as affinis Iljin 1930, Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1026 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2017:447 [ref. 35242], Kovačić et al. 2018:267 [ref. 35846], Parenti 2021:306 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Buenia Iljin 1930. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Butigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:123 Masc. Lebistes scorpioides Smitt 1899 (= Gobius scorpioides Collett 1874). Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Lebistes [sic] Smitt 1899, not preoccupied by Lebistes Fillipi 1862 in fishes. Whitley took the apparent preoccupation from Jordan 1920:487 [ref. 4905], but Jordan's entry in error for Lebetus Winther. •Objective synonym of Lebetus Winther 1877 -- (Miller 1973:498 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:327 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lebetus Winther 1877. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Caecogobius Berti [R.] & Ercolini [A.] 1991:130 Masc. Caecogobius cryptophthalmus Berti & Ercolini 1991. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Caecogobius Berti & Ercolini 1991 -- (Larson 2001:55 [ref. 25522], Proudlove 2006:198 [ref. 28992], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Larson & Husana 2018:[1] [ref. 36190], Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caecogobius Berti & Ercolini 1991. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Calamiana Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:79 Fem. Calamiana magnoris Herre 1945. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Calamiana Herre 1945 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Larson 1999:258 [ref. 23907], Larson 2001:56 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590, 3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1632 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2024:213 [ref. 41748]). •Synonym of Eugnathogobius Smith 1931 -- (Larson 2009:132 [ref. 30125], Kottelat 2013:406 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:311 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eugnathogobius Smith 1931. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Caragobioides Smith [H. M.] 1945:568, 571 Masc. Caragobius geomys Fowler 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Caragobioides Smith 1945 -- (Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605]). •Synonym of Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906 -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2003:3 [ref. 27145], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Caragobius Smith [H. M.] & Seale [A.] 1906:81 Masc. Caragobius typhlops Smith & Seale 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:790 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Murdy & Shibukawa 2003:3 [ref. 27145], Hoese & Larson 2006:1634 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2008:126 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Cassigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1931:334 Masc. Lophiogobius ocellicauda Günther 1873. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Lophiogobius Günther 1873, not preoccupied by Lophogobius Gill 1862 in fishes. •Synonym of Lophiogobius Günther 1873 -- (Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lophiogobius Günther 1873. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cayennia Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:57 [18] Fem. Cayennia guichenoti Sauvage 1880. Type by monotypy. On p. 18 of separate. •Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chaenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:12 Masc. Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Chaenogobius Gill 1859 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:276 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591], Stevenson 2000:835 [ref. 24583], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Stevenson 2002:254 [ref. 26489], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:219 [ref. 28183], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parenti 2021:294 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chaenogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chaeturichthys Richardson [J.] 1844:54 Masc. Chaeturichthys stigmatias Richardson 1844. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Chaeturichthys Richardson 1844 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:390 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:183, 184 [ref. 7303], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:490 [ref. 23876], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:31, 34 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chaeturichthys Richardson 1844. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chaparrudo de Buen [F.] 1931:15, 58 Masc. Gobius flavescens Fabricius 1779. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Objective synonym of Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chasmias Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:761 Masc. Chasmias misakius Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chasmias Ashmead 1900 in Hymenoptera, replaced by Chasmichthys Jordan & Snyder 1901. •Synonym of Chasmichthys Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859 -- (Stevenson 2002:254 [ref. 26489], Parenti 2021:294 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chasmichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:941 Masc. Chasmias misakius Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Chasmias Jordan & Snyder 1901 in fishes, preoccupied by Chasmias Ashmead 1900 in Hymenoptera. Date for p. 941 is on or about 1 Nov. 1901; also in bound errata sheet (p. xv) for Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 23 (probably published later when volume was bound). Misspelled Chiasmichthys in Zoological Record for 1903. •Valid as Chasmichthys Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:275 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859 -- (Stevenson 2000:838 [ref. 24583], Stevenson 2002:254 [ref. 26489], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:220 [ref. 28183], Parenti 2021:294 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chiramenu Rao [V. V.] 1971:183 Masc. Chiramenu fluviatilis Rao 1971. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Valid as Chiramenu Rao 1971 -- (Jayaram 1981:352 [ref. 6497]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:301 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chlamydogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 Masc. Gobius eremius Zietz 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Chlamydogobius Whitley 1930 -- (Miller 1987 [ref. 6336], Larson 1995 [ref. 22270], Larson 2001:62 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1634 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Parenti 2021:307 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chlamydogobius Whitley 1930. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chloea Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:78 Fem. Gobius castaneus O'Shaughnessy 1875. Type by original designation. Considered preoccupied by Chloeia Savigny 1818 in Polychaeta by Whitley and replaced by Chloeichthys Whitley 1940. •Treated as valid as Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:221 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius but a valid subgenus Chloea -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chloeichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1940:243 Masc. Gobius castaneus O'Shaughnessy 1875. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901, considered preoccupied by Chloeia Savigny 1818 in Polychaeta according to Whitley 1940. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chonophorus Poey [F.] 1860:274 Masc. Chonophorus bucculentus Poey 1860. Type by monotypy. According to Jordan 1919:299 [ref. 4904], Chonophorus Poey (1860) predates Awaous Steindachner 1860 [ref. 4205] by a few days; but Awaous Steindachner is predated by Awaous Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837. •Valid as Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218], but with wrong author/date, Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:807 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837, but a valid subgenus Chonophorus -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Watson 1996:3 [ref. 22211], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:125 [ref. 30588]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:469 [ref. 23876], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:437 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Clariger Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:120 Masc. Clariger cosmurus Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Clariger Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:397 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:281 [ref. 6441], Shiogaki 1988 [ref. 6854], Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Jang-Liaw et al. 2012:14 [ref. 32010], Parenti 2021:289 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Clariger Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Clevelandia Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1888:73 Fem. Gobiosoma longipinne Steindachner 1879. Type by monotypy. Apparently based on a misidentified type species (D. Hoese, pers. comm.). •Valid as Clevelandia Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:295 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Clevelandia Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Congruogobius (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1953:26 Masc. Euctenogobius liolepis Meek & Hildebrand 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Parenti 2021:319 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cotylopus Guichenot [A.] 1863:9 Masc. Cotylopus acutipinnis Guichenot 1863. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Bleeker 1874:313 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Cotylopus Guichenot 1863 -- (Maugé 1986:366 [ref. 6218], Watson 1995:63 [ref. 22316], Watson et al. 2000:13 [ref. 25138], Keith et al. 2005:1396 [ref. 28139], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474] dated 1864, Keith et al. 2011:312, 317 [ref. 31023] dated 1864, Keith et al. 2011:2725 [ref. 31651], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Parenti 2021:410 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cotylopus Guichenot 1863. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Crystallogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 Masc. Gobius nilssonii Düben & Koren 1846. Type by monotypy. Cristallogobius Bleeker 1874:310 [ref. 437] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Crystallogobius Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1031 [ref. 13677], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:480 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:308 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Crystallogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ctenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1858:374 Masc. Ctenogobius fasciatus Gill 1858. Type by original designation. Type designated on p. 376. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1859 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:869 [ref. 22354], Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218]), but Ctenogobius may have been published earlier (in 1858 in the actual journal or as a separate; Gobionellus is 1858 also). •Valid as Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:867 [ref. 22354], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:819 [ref. 21590], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:479 [ref. 23876], Yang in Chen 1998:327 [ref. 23556], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:440 [ref. 24550], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Harrison et al. 2007:541 [ref. 30083], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Parenti 2021:309 [ref. 38603], Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ctenotrypauchen Steindachner [F.] 1867:63 Masc. Ctenotrypauchen chinensis Steindachner 1867. Type by monotypy. Appeared first as above, then in Steindachner 1867:530 [ref. 4215]. Centrotrypauchen is a misspelling (see Talwar & Chatterjee 1976 [ref. 20567]). •Valid as Ctenotrypauchen Steindachner 1867 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:413 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:288 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:366 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:791 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Murdy 2006:61 [ref. 28850], Murdy 2008:121 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Parenti 2021:65 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ctenotrypauchen Steindachner 1867. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Ctenoxylepis (subgenus of Oxyurichthys) Pezold [F. L.] & Larson [H. K.] 2015:11 Masc. Gobius keiensis Smith 1938. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Parenti 2021:336 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cyclogobius Steindachner [F.] 1861:285 Masc. Gobius lepidus Girard 1858. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Lepidogobius Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lepidogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cyprinogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1937:11 Masc. Lophogobius chrysosoma Bleeker 1875. Type by original designation. •Valid as Cyprinogobius Koumans 1937 -- (Endruweit 2024:204 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Miller 1987:698 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898], Parenti 2021:350 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Deltentosteus Gill [T. N.] 1863:263 Masc. Gobius quadrimaculatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Deltentosteus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:494 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1031 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Parenti 2021:313 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Deltentosteus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Diepinotus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:102 Masc. Regalecus lanceolatus Lacepède 1800. Type by original designation (also monotypy). Species added by Fowler 1936:641 [ref. 6546], but with genus in synonymy; not available from Rafinesque 1815:91 [ref. 3584] and not made available by Fowler. Used as name only; perhaps intended to be Dispinotus as used by Jordan 1917:92 [ref. 2407]. Available from Rafinesque 1814:102 [ref. 3583], but a forgotten name. •Valid as Diepinotus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2019:120 [ref. 37117], Parenti 2021:284 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Economidichthys Bianco [P. G.], Bullock [A. M.], Miller [P. J.] & Roubal [F. R.] 1987:797 Masc. Gobius pygmaeus Holly 1929. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987 -- (Economidis & Miller 1990:129 [ref. 16710], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:439 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742]). •Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987 -- (Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32464], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082], Parenti 2021:135 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ellogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1933:92 Masc. Gobius stigmaticus De Vis 1884. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:328 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Engrauligobius Iljin [B. S.] 1930:53 Masc. Gobius quagga Heckel 1839. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Epikalymma (subgenus of Sinogobius) Endruweit [M.] 2024:157 Fem. Sinogobius (Epikalymma) epikalymma Endruweit 2024. Type by original designation. In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Euchoristopus Gill [T. N.] 1863:271 Masc. Gobius koelreuteri Pallas 1770. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1989:30 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Euctenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:45 Masc. Euctenogobius badius Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837, but a valid subgenus Euctenogobius -- (Watson 1992:163, 167 [ref. 20016], Watson & Horsthemke 1995:83 [ref. 21933], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:120 [ref. 30588]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Eucyclogobius Gill [T. N.] 1862:279 Masc. Gobius newberryi Girard 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eucyclogobius Gill 1862 -- (Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Swift et al. 2016:1, 14 [ref. 34619], Parenti 2021:295 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eucyclogobius Gill 1862. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Eugnathogobius Smith [H. M.] 1931:37 Masc. Eugnathogobius microps Smith 1931. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Eugnathogobius Smith 1931 -- (Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Larson 1999:259 [ref. 23907], Larson 2001:66 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590, 3591 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:327 [ref. 31338], Larson 2009:132 [ref. 30125], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:406 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:311 [ref. 38603], Larson et al. 2022:596 [ref. 39812]). Current status: Valid as Eugnathogobius Smith 1931. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Eutaeniichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:122 Masc. Eutaeniichthys gilli Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eutaeniichthys Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:399 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:280 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parenti 2021:290 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eutaeniichthys Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Evermannia Jordan [D. S.] 1895:592 Fem. Gobiosoma zosterurum Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Evermannia Jordan 1895 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:435 [ref. 24550], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:313 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Evermannia Jordan 1895. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Evorthodus Gill [T. N.] 1859:195 Masc. Evorthodus breviceps Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Evorthodus Gill 1859 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:427 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:315 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Evorthodus Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Expedio Snyder [J. O.] 1909:606 Masc. Expedio parvulus Snyder 1909. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Expedio Snyder 1909 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:406 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Luciogobius Gill 1859 -- (Okiyama 2001:147 [ref. 25683], Shibukawa et al. 2019:31 [ref. 36663], Parenti 2021:291 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Luciogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gillia Günther [A.] 1865:157 Fem. Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Gillichthys Cooper 1863, deemed barbarous by Günther. •Objective synonym of Gillichthys Cooper 1864 -- (Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gillichthys Cooper 1864. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gillichthys Cooper [J. G.] 1864:109 Masc. Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gillichthys Cooper 1864 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:435 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Minckley & Marsh 2009:280 [ref. 31114], Swift et al. 2011:93 [ref. 31225], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:295 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gillichthys Cooper 1864. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gnathogobius Smith [H. M.] 1945:522 Masc. Gnathogobius aliceae Smith 1945. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Gnathogobius Smith 1945 -- (Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605]). •Synonym of Calamiana Herre 1945 -- (Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522]). •Synonym of Eugnathogobius Smith 1931 -- (Larson 2009:132 [ref. 30125], Kottelat 2013:406 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:312 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eugnathogobius Smith 1931. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gnatholepis (subgenus of Stenogobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 Fem. Gobius anjerensis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Larson & Buckle 2005:72 [ref. 28489] for problems in the taxonomy of this genus. •Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:790 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Brito & Miller 2001:257 [ref. 25096], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Randall & Greenfield 2001:2 [ref. 25675], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Larson & Wright 2003:127 [ref. 27481], Larson & Buckle 2005:67 [ref. 28489], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:303 [ref. 29292], Suzuki & Randall 2009:1 [ref. 30324], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Larson & Buckle 2012:7 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:316 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobatinus (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1953:25 Masc. Euctenogobius panamensis Meek & Hildebrand 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Parenti 2021:319 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobatus (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:45 Masc. Gobius microdon Gilbert 1892. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Parenti 2021:319 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobica (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:45 Fem. Gobius boleosoma Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:869 [ref. 22354], Parenti 2021:309 [ref. 38603], Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobidus (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1953:25 Masc. Gobius longicaudus Jenkins & Evermann 1889. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiella Smith [H. M.] 1931:33 Fem. Gobiella pellucida Smith 1931. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiex (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:44 Masc. Gobius stigmaturus Goode & Bean 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Parenti 2021:309 [ref. 38603], Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiichthys (subgenus of Apocryptes) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:479 Masc. Apocryptes (Gobiichthys) petersii Klunzinger 1871. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:336 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobileptes Bleeker [P.] (ex Swainson) 1874:327 Masc. Not available, appeared as name in synonymy of Apocryptes Valenciennes. Apparently not later made available. See Gobileptes Swainson. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Gobileptes (subgenus of Gobius) Swainson [W.] 1839:183 Masc. Gobius acutipennis Valenciennes 1837. Type by subsequent designation. As a subgenus of Gobius, without included species. Bleeker 1874:327 [ref. 437] designated a type for Apocryptes Valenciennes and included Gobileptes in synonymy; this has been regarded wrongly as type designation for Gobileptes. First addition of species dates to Jordan 1919:198 [ref. 2410], type as Gobius acutipinnis. See Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628]. Declared a Nomen Oblitum by Kottelat (2013):414 [ref. 32989]. •In the synonymy of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobioides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:576 Masc. Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:329 [ref. 437]. Originally spelled Gobioïdes. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:254 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:196 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:802 [ref. 21590], Birdsong & Robins 1995:681 [ref. 21667], Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:429 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1790 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Harrison et al. 2007:499 [ref. 30083], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobionellus Girard [C. F.] 1858:168 Masc. Gobius lanceolatus Bloch 1783. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated by Bleeker 1874:325 [ref. 437] as "Sp. typ. Gobius lanceolatus Bl. (Sp. typ. Girardiana Gobionellus hastatus non satis cognita)." See also Ctenogobius. •Valid as Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Gilbert & Randall 1979 [ref. 6929], Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218], Pezold & Gilbert 1987 [ref. 6777], Pezold & Grady 1989 [ref. 13579], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:809 [ref. 21590], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:441 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Pezold 2004:260 [ref. 27685], Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Harrison et al. 2007:523 [ref. 30083], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Parenti 2021:319 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiopterus Bleeker [P.] 1874:311 Masc. Apocryptes brachypterus Bleeker 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:310 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:496 [ref. 23876], Gomon et al. 1994:792 [ref. 22532], Iwata et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25227], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:336 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1659 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:759 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Ott 2011:71 [ref. 32266], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Hoese 2015:1581 [ref. 34304], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Kuiter 2018:91 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiopus Gill [T. N.] 1874:160 Masc. Not available, no description; Gill states, "The question then arose whether that fin [first dorsal fin] had been atrophied (as in Aspidophoroides, Gobiopus, &c.)..." Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiusculus Duncker [G.] 1928:123 Masc. Gobius flavescens Fabricius 1779. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]. •Valid as Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1046 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737]). •Valid as Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 in Gobionellidae -- (Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32649] in Gobionellidae, Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082], Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gymnoamblyopus Murdy [E. O.] & Ferraris [C. J., Jr.] 2003:2 Masc. Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae Murdy & Ferraris 2003. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Gymnoamblyopus Murdy & Ferraris 2003 -- (Murdy 2011:112 [ref. 31729], Parenti 2021:65 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnoamblyopus Murdy & Ferraris 2003. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Gymnogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 Masc. Gobius macrognathos Bleeker 1860. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:373 [ref. 7348], Stevenson 2000:839 [ref. 24583], Harada et al. 2002:324 [ref. 26496], Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:221 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:452 [ref. 29515], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:437 [ref. 30089], Matsunuma et al. 2009:9 [ref. 31113], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gymnurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:84 Masc. Taenioides hermanni Lacepède 1800. Type by being a replacement name. As "Gymnurus L. Taenioides Lac. [Lacepède]." An available (unneeded) replacement name for and objective synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800; the "L" after Gymnurus should have been an "R" for Rafinesque. •Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Hemigobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:319 Masc. Gobius melanurus Bleeker 1849 (= Hemigobius bleekeri Koumans 1953). Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type species apparently preoccupied, renamed Hemigobius bleekeri by Koumans 1953:191 [ref. 2678]. •Valid as Hemigobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Larson 1999:25 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:72 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1659 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Huang et al. 2013:87 [ref. 41526], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Huang et al. 2013:146 [ref. 33157], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:323 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Hemigobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Hypogymnogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 Masc. Gobius xanthozona Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Simultaneous synonym of Brachygobius; Koumans (1931:51) gave precedence to Brachygobius, •Valid as Hypogymnogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1989:376 [ref. 13540]). •Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1987:699 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:305 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Hyrcanogobius Iljin [B. S.] 1928:44 Masc. Hyrcanogobius bergi Iljin 1928. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Knipowitschia (Iljin 1927) -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:568 [ref. 29996], Thacker et al. 2018:[4] [ref. 36082]). •Valid as Hyrcanogobius Iljin 1928 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Miller in Miller 2004:430 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:220 [ref. 28183], Miller & Sanda 2008:263 [ref. 29469], Ahnelt 2011:252 [ref. 31650], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742] but misspelled Hyrancogobius, Thacker 2013:369 [ref. 32494] in Gobionellidae, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:324 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Hyrcanogobius Iljin 1928. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Iljinia de Buen [F.] 1930:130, 132 Fem. Gobius microps Krøyer 1838. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ilogton Endruweit [M.] 2024:204 Neut. Ilogton ilogton Endruweit 2024. Type by original designation (and monotypic). •Valid as Ilogton Endruweit 2024. Current status: Valid as Ilogton Endruweit 2024. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ilypnus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:460 Masc. Lepidogobius gilberti Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ilypnus Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:187 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ilypnus Jordan & Evermann 1896. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Insularigobius (subgenus of Stenogobius) Watson [R. E.] 1991:606 Masc. Gobius genivittatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874, but a valid subgenus Insularigobius as described -- (Keith et al. 2002:187 [ref. 26363], Keith & Marquet 2006:139 [ref. 28956]). •Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:370 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Inu Snyder [J. O.] 1909:607 Fem. Inu koma Snyder 1909. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Luciogobius Gill 1859 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:281 [ref. 6441] based on placement of type species, Okiyama 2001:147 [ref. 25683], Parenti 2021:291 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Inu Snyder 1909 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:406 [ref. 7348], Shibukawa et al. 2019:29 [ref. 36663]). Current status: Valid as Inu Snyder 1909. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Juxtastiphodon (subgenus of Sicyopus) Watson [R. E.] 1999:94 Masc. Sicyopus nigriradiatus Parenti & Maciolek 1993. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicyopus Gill 1863, but a valid subgenus Juxtastiphodon as described -- (Watson et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25349], Keith et al. 2010:303 [ref. 30933], Keith et al. 2011:2726 [ref. 31651], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Smilosicyopus Watson 1999 -- (Parenti 2021:424 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Smilosicyopus Watson 1999. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Karsten Murdy [E. O.] 2002:787 Masc. Gobioides totoyensis Garman 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Karsten Murdy 2002 -- (Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Karsten Murdy 2002. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Knipowitschia Iljin [B. S.] 1927:129, 131 Fem. Gobius longecaudatus Kessler 1877. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Iljin 1928:43 [ref. 2296], and spelled once as Knipovitschia; species also seen as longicaudatus. •Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1047 [ref. 13677], Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], Ahnelt 1991 [ref. 19167], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:4/7 [ref. 25522], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Kavačić 2005:275 [ref. 28382], Kavačić & Sanda 2007:81 [ref. 29335], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553, 566 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Miller 2009:1499 [ref. 30234], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Ahnelt 2011:22 [ref. 31650], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Halasi-Kovács et al. 2011:257 [ref. 31756], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32649] in Gobionellidae, Parin et al. 2014:489 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Vukić et al. 2016:363 [ref. 34392], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36267], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082] in Gobionellidae, Parenti 2021:324 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Latrunculodes Collett [R.] 1875:151 Masc. Gobius nilssonii Düben & Koren 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Collette 1875:60 [ref. 884]. •Objective synonym of Crystallogobius Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:308 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Crystallogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lebetus Winther [G. P.] 1877:49 Masc. Gobius scorpioides Collett 1874. Type by monotypy. See Lebistes Smitt 1900. •Valid as Lebetus Winther 1877 -- (Miller 1973:498 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1049 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2014:490 [ref. 33547], Schliewen et al. 2019:231 [ref. 37165], Parenti 2021:327 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lebetus Winther 1877. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lebistes (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:487 Masc. Not available; appeared by mistake as a genus authored by Smitt, but Smitt attributed the name correctly to Winther and spelled the name correctly as Lebetus. Butigobius Whitley 1930 is an unneeded replacement. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:447 [ref. 38603]). •In the synonymy of Lebetus Winther 1877 -- (Miller 1973:498 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:327 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Lebetus Winther 1877. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Leme De Vis [C. W.] 1883:286 Fem. Leme mordax De Vis 1883. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Lentipes Günther [A.] 1861:96 Masc. Sicyogaster concolor Gill 1860. Type by monotypy. Replacement for Sicyogaster Gill 1860, preoccupied by Sicogaster Brissout de Barneville 1846 in fishes. •Valid as Lentipes Günther 1861 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Nishimoto & Fitzsimons 1986 [ref. 6319], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Maugé et al. 1992:215 [ref. 19910], Harrison 1993:223 [ref. 22083], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:955 [ref. 21279], Allen 1997:33 [ref. 22875], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Watson & Allen 1999:114 [ref. 24140], Allen 2001:123 [ref. 25303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Watson et al. 2002:175 [ref. 26364], Chen 2004:37 [ref. 28189], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Jenkins et al. 2008:165 [ref. 29883], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33420], Keith et al. 2016:139 [ref. 34452], Maeda et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38708], Parenti 2021:410 [ref. 38603], Harefa & Chen 2022:57 [ref. 39624], Jhuang et al. 2025:1 [ref. 42576]). Current status: Valid as Lentipes Günther 1861. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Lepidogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:14 Masc. Gobius lepidus Girard 1858 (= Gobius gracilis Girard 1854). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:279 [not researched] and by Bleeker 1874:319 [ref. 437] as gracilis. Gobius gracilis Girard 1854 preoccupied, replaced by G. lepidus Girard 1858. •Valid as Lepidogobius Gill 1859 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:800 [ref. 25968], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lepidogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Leptogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:311 Masc. Gobius oxypterus Bleeker 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1876:292 [ref. 442]. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lethops Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:4 Masc. Lethops connectens Hubbs 1926. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lethops Hubbs 1926 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303] as Lethrops, Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:327 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lethops Hubbs 1926. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Leucopsarion Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1880:340 Neut. Leucopsarion petersii Hilgendorf 1880. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Leucopsarion Hilgendorf 1880 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:399 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:283 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42, 47 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parenti 2021:290 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Leucopsarion Hilgendorf 1880. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lindbergiana (subgenus of Chaenogobius) Pinchuk [V. I.] 1978:15 Fem. Chaenogobius taranetzi Pinchuk 1978. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, subgenus Chloea Takai 1966 -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lizagobius (subgenus of Ellogobius) Whitley [G. P.] 1933:93 Masc. Mugilogobius galwayi McCulloch & Waite 1918. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of the later-described Pseudogobius Aurich 1938 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Larson & Hammer 2021:7 [ref. 38276], Parenti 2021:347 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lophiogobius Günther [A.] 1873:241 Masc. Lophiogobius ocellicauda Günther 1873. Type by monotypy. Not preoccupied by Lophogobius Gill 1862; Cassigobius Whitley 1931 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Lophiogobius Günther 1873 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:47 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lophiogobius Günther 1873. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Luciogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:146 Masc. Luciogobius guttatus Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, but a valid subgenus Luciogobius Gill 1859 -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:449 [ref. 30089]). •Valid as Luciogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:401 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:281 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Vasil'eva 1998:136 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Okiyama 2001:141 [ref. 25683], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:225 [ref. 28183], Proudlove 2006:194 [ref. 28992], Chen et al. 2008:248 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Jang-Liaw et al. 2012:13 [ref. 32010], Parin et al. 2014:490 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:191 [ref. 35257], Shibukawa et al. 2019:31 [ref. 36663], Ikeda et al. 2019:565 [ref. 36910], Parenti 2021:291 [ref. 38603], Koreeda & Motomura 2022:137 [ref. 39272], Koreeda et al. 2023:390 [ref. 40576], Chen & Liao 2024:241 [ref. 41300], Chen et al. 2024:189 [ref. 41743], Chen et al 2024:200 [ref. 41747]). Current status: Valid as Luciogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Micrapocryptes Hora [S. L.] 1923:751 Masc. Micrapocryptes fragilis Hora 1923. Type by original designation. Misspelled Micropocryptes in Zoological Record for 1923. See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:496 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Microgobius Bleeker [P.] in Koumans 1931:101 Masc. Not available, museum name from Bleeker cited in passing in synonymy of Stigmatogobius; much later than Microgobius Poey 1876 -- (Birdsong 1981:271 [ref. 5425]). •In the synonymy of Hemigobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Larson 1999:25 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:73 [ref. 25522]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Hemigobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Microsicydium Bleeker [P.] 1874:314 Neut. Sicydium gymnauchen Bleeker 1858. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Maeda et al. 2012:319 [ref. 32002], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Mirogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:91 Masc. Mirogobius stellatus Herre 1927. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Mistichthys Smith [H. M.] 1902:30 Masc. Mistichthys luzonensis Smith 1902. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Mistichthys Smith 1902 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Iwata et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25227], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mistichthys Smith 1902. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Mugilogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:552 Masc. Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by subsequent designation. No included species in 1900; Smitt in letter to Jordan in 1903 says that the species was Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder (Jordan 1920:487 [ref. 4905]); species added and type designated by Jordan et al. 1913:345 [ref. 6448]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Wu & Ni 1985 [ref. 21323], Hoese 1986:795 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:455 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:188 [ref. 21090], Larson & Kottelat 1992 [ref. 20008], Gomon et al. 1994:793 [ref. 22532], Larson 1999:259 [ref. 23907], Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1665 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:760 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Ott 2011:71 [ref. 32266], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:96 [ref. 33734], Larson et al. 2014:718 [ref. 33557], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Huang et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34500], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:88 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:327 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Mugilostoma Hildebrand [S. F.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1928:327 Neut. Mugilostoma gobio Hildebrand & Schroeder 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Evorthodus Gill 1859 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:315 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Evorthodus Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Munrogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1951:67 Masc. Paraphya semivestita Munro 1949. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Paraphya Munro 1949, not preoccupied by Paraphia or Paraphyia in Lepidoptera. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Nesogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1929:62 Masc. Gobius hinsbyi McCulloch & Ogilby 1919. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Nesogobius Whitley 1929 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:794 [ref. 22532], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Hoese & Larson 2006:7 [ref. 28905], Hoese & Larson 2006:1667 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:761 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727] in Gobionellinae, Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Hammer et al. 2015:371 [ref. 34092], Parenti 2021:332 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Nesogobius Whitley 1929. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ninnia de Buen [F.] 1930:130, 132 Fem. Gobius canestrinii Ninni 1883. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ninnia Westerlund 1903 in Mollusca, replaced by Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Ninnigobius Whitley 1951 -- (Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ninnigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1951:68 Masc. Gobius canestrinii Ninni 1883. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Ninnia de Buen, preoccupied by Ninnia Westerlund 1903 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Miller & Sanda 2008:263 [ref. 29469] with discussion). •Valid as Ninnigobius Whitley 1951 -- (Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Nudagobioides Shaw [T.-H.] 1929:1 Masc. Nudagobioides nankaii Shaw 1929. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Nudogobioides in Zoological Record for 1929. •Synonym of Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874 -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2001:32 [ref. 25243], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Odontamblyopus Bleeker [P.] 1874:330 Masc. Gobioides rubicundus Hamilton 1822. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:416 [ref. 7348], Larson & Hoese 1980:42 [ref. 2725], Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Ataur Rahman 1989:313 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:444 [ref. 23876], Birdsong & Robins 1995:681 [ref. 21667], Murdy & Shibukawa 2001:32 [ref. 25243], Larson & Murdy 2001:3580 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Shibukawa 2002:257 [ref. 25988], Murdy & Ferraris 2003:4 [ref. 26662], Ataur Rahman 2003:339 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:112 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Ognichodes Swainson [W.] 1839:183, 278 Masc. Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Oligolepis (subgenus of Stenogobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 Fem. Gobius melanostigma Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Kottelat (2013) declared this genus a nomen protectum under Code 23.9.2; to distinguish from Gobioleptes Swainson 1839, a declared nomen oblitum. •Valid as Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:474 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:189 [ref. 21090], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Oreogobius Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:125 Masc. Oreogobius rosenbergii Boulenger 1899. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Kullader in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:413 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Orsinigobius Gandolfi [G.], Marconato [A.] & Torricelli [P.] 1986:376 Masc. Gobius punctatissimus Canestrini 1864. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956]). •Valid as Orsinigobius Gandolfi, Marconato & Torricelli 1986 -- (Ahnelt & Bianco 1990 [ref. 14131], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Orsinigobius Gandolfi, Marconato & Torricelli 1986. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ostreogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 Masc. Gillichthys australis Ogilby 1894. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Miller 1987:698 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898], Parenti 2021:350 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Othonops Smith [R.] [= Rosa Smith Eigenmann] 1881:19 Masc. Othonops eos Smith 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Typhlogobius Steindachner 1879 -- (Parenti 2021:293 [ref. 38603]) Current status: Synonym of Typhlogobius Steindachner 1879. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Oxuderces Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:181 Masc. Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet 1850. Type by monotypy. Author not Valenciennes and date not 1842 as usually cited; see Bauchot et al. 1982:60 et seq. [ref. 6562]; see also Springer 1978:1 [ref. 6955]. •Valid as Oxuderces Eydouz & Souleyet 1850 -- (Springer 1978 [ref. 6955], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:19 [ref. 13628] dated 1848, Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097] dated 1848, Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728] dated 1848, Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Jaafar & Parenti 2016:[1] [ref. 34724] dated 1848, Murdy & Jaafar 2017:13 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:388 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1850. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Oxyurichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:464 Masc. Gobius belosso Bleeker 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1860:44 [ref. 379]. Misprinted once as Oxyurichthus by Bleeker 1874:324 [ref. 437]. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:324 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Goren 1979:49 [ref. 1852], Larson & Hoese 1980:43 [ref. 2725], Kurup & Samuel 1982 [ref. 6796], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1066 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:471 [ref. 23876], Pezold 1998:687 [ref. 23420], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24582], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:336 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:336 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:361 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paedogobius Iwata [A.], Hosoya [S.] & Larson [H. K.] 2001:104 Masc. Paedogobius kimurai Iwata, Hosoya & Larson 2001. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Paedogobius Iwata, Hosoya & Larson 2001 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1670 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:339 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Paedogobius Iwata, Hosoya & Larson 2001. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paeneapocryptes (subgenus of Parapocryptes) Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:261 Masc. Parapocryptes (Paeneapocryptes) mindanensis Herre 1927. Type by monotypy in subgenus. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Kottelot 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:336 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paleatogobius Takagi [K.] 1957:117 Masc. Paleatogobius uchidai Takagi 1957. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pandaka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:196 Fem. Pandaka pusilla Herre 1927. Type by original designation. •Valid as Pandaka Herre 1927 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:275 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Iwata et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25227], Larson 2001:197 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1670 [ref. 29097], Motomura et al. 2010:216 [ref. 31256], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:340 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pandaka Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Papenua Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:430 Fem. Sicydium pugnans Ogilvie-Grant 1884. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Watson et al. 2000:12 [ref. 25138], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Papuligobius Chen [I-S.] & Kottelat [M.] 2003:244 Masc. Papuligobius uniporus Chen & Kottelat 2003. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Taki et al. 2021:443 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Papuligobius Chen & Kottelat 2003 -- (Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:341 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:127 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Papuligobius Chen & Kottelat 2003. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paragobiopsis Koumans [F. P.] 1941:245 Fem. Gobius ostreicola Chaudhuri 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Paragobiopsis Koumans 1941 -- (Parenti 2021:341 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiopsis Koumans 1941. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paraphya Munro [I. S. R.] 1949:233 Fem. Paraphya semivestita Munro 1949. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Parapocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1874:299, 327 Masc. Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Parapocrytes by Jordan 1923:225 [ref. 2421]. •Valid as Parapocryptes Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:22 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:293 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:491 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:14 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:389 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parapocryptes Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Parasicydium Risch [L.] 1980:127 Neut. Parasicydium bandama Risch 1980. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Tentatively a synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Parenti & Maciolek 1993:955 [ref. 21279]). •Synonym of Lentipes Günther 1861 (authors, based on placement of types species). •Valid as Parasicydium Risch 1980 -- (Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:861 [ref. 21590], Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Pezold et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28916], Harrison et al. 2007:513 [ref. 30083], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Parenti 2021:413 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parasicydium Risch 1980. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Paratrypauchen Murdy [E. O.] 2008:117 Masc. Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Paratrypauchen Murdy 2008 -- (Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Paratrypauchen Murdy 2008. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Paratyntlastes Giltay [L.] 1935:11 Masc. Paratyntlastes africanus Giltay 1935. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Parawaous Watson [R. E.] 1993:178 Masc. Chaenogobius megacephalus Fowler 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Parawaous Watson 1993 -- (Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:341 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parawaous Watson 1993. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paroxyurichthys Bleeker [P.] 1876:140 Masc. Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker 1876. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Maugé 1986 [ref. 6218], Pezold 1991 [ref. 20076], Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Parenti 2021:319 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Parvigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 Masc. Parvigobius immeritus Whitley 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type P. immeritus (a replacement for Gobius flavescens De Vis 1884, preoccupied). •Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898], Parenti 2021:350 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Periophthalmodon Bleeker [P.] 1874:326 Masc. Gobius schlosseri Pallas 1770. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Periophthalmodon Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:196 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:25 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:298 [ref. 24860], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:323 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1672 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:15 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:389 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmodon Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Periophthalmus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:63 (xxvii) Masc. Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Bleeker 1874:326 [ref. 437]. Genus name misspelled Periophtalmus by Cuvier 1831:180 [ref. 30378]. •Valid as Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:417 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:799 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:196 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:30 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:297 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:502 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:190 [ref. 21090], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:322 [ref. 31338], Larson & Takita 2004:176 [ref. 28075], Hoese & Larson 2006:1673 [ref. 29097], Jaafar & Larson 2008:946 [ref. 29863], Harrison et al. 2007:497 [ref. 30083], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989], Ghanbarifardi et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33435], Polgar et al. 2014:161 [ref. 35464], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34504], Jaafar et al. 2016:278 [ref. 34685], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:17 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:390 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Platygobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:316 Masc. Gobius macrorhynchus Bleeker 1867. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]), but see Awaous Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Larson 2001:45 [ref. 25522], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Plecopodus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:87 Masc. Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Type by being a replacement name. As "Plecopodus R. [Rafinesque] Gobioides Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement name (unneeded) for Gobioides Lacepède 1800. •Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Poecilosomus Swainson [W.] 1839:183 Masc. Apparently not available, description not diagnostic; evidently Amblyopus Valenciennes used instead of Poecilosomus by Swainson on p. 278. •Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Polyspondylogobius Kimura [S.] & Wu [H.-L.] 1994:421 Masc. Polyspondylogobius sinensis Kimura & Wu 1994. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Polyspondylogobius Kimura & Wu 1994 -- (Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727] in Gobienellinae, Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989]), Parenti 2021:293 [ref. 38603]. Current status: Valid as Polyspondylogobius Kimura & Wu 1994. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pomatoschistus Gill [T. N.] 1863:263 Masc. Gobius minutus Pallas 1770. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Pomatochistus is a misspelling. •Valid as Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Miller 1982:5 [ref. 8439], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1067 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:191 [ref. 7303], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554, 585 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Thacker 2013:269 [ref. 32464] in Gobionellinae, Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Engin & Innal 2017:1 [ref. 35516], Engin & Seyhan 2017:1 [ref. 35597], Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pselaphias Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:406 Masc. Gobius ophthalmonema Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Kottelot 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:336 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudaphya Iljin [B. S.] 1930:46 Fem. Aphya ferreri de Buen & Fage 1908. Type by original designation (also monotypic). The correct spelling for the genus of the type species is Aphia. •Valid as Pseudaphya Iljin 1930 -- (Miller 1973:512 [ref. 6888], Miller 1973:354 [ref. 25583], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1079 [ref. 13677], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:67 [ref. 36649] as Pseudaphya, Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Parenti 2021:345 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pseudaphya Iljin 1930. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudapocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1874:328 Masc. Apocryptes lanceolatus of Cantor 1849 (= Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider 1801). Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pseudapocryptes Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:45 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:291 [ref. 24860], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:317 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:28 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:395 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pseudapocryptes Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Pseudobrachyamblyopus Ba [M.] 2023:45 Masc. Pseudobrachyamblyopus odontamblyopsis Ba 2013. Type by monotypy. Described in an ICZN unavailable publication. Current status: Synonym of . Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Pseudogobiopsis Koumans [F. P.] 1935:131 Fem. Gobiopsis oligactis Bleeker 1875. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Euganthogobius Smith 1931 -- (Larson 2001:66 [ref. 25522]). •Valid as Pseudogobiopsis Koumans 1935 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Allen 1991:191 [ref. 21090], Zhong & Chen 1997:78 [ref. 23372], Larson 2009:154 [ref. 30125], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Larson et al. 2017:175 [ref. 35338], Allen & Larson 2020:33 [ref. 37851], Parenti 2021:346 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobiopsis Koumans 1935. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobius Koumans [F. P.] (ex Bleeker) 1931:101 Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Museum name from Bleeker mentioned in synonymy of Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874. See also Pseudogobius Aurich and Pseudogobius Popta. Aurich's treatment makes name available from Koumans 1931, with type by monotypy (javanicus the only available species name directly associated with Pseudogobius in Koumans 1931). See Appendix A in Eschmeyer in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. •Valid as Pseudogobius Koumans 1931 -- (Larsen 1999:23 [ref. 24498]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522] based on placement of type species, Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Larson & Hammer 2021:7 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobius Popta [C. M. L.] 1922:36 Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Popta included two species, penango (described as new) and javanicus Bleeker -- neither designated as type. Aurich 1938 independently described Pseudogobius (actually he made available Pseudogobius Koumans), and Aurich's designation of a type (javanicus) does not apply to Pseudogobius Popta. If Popta's javanicus is not misidentified, then it should be designated type of Popta's genus. Pseudogobius Popta should be recognized as valid. See Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. Type designated by Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522]. •Valid as Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1680 [ref. 29097], Prokofiev 2007:147 [ref. 34653], Hoese & Larson 2008:768 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:106 [ref. 33161], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Kuiter 2018:89 [ref. 36369], Hammer et al. 2021:3 [ref. 41377], Larson & Hammer 2021:7 [ref. 38276], Parenti 2021:347 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobius Aurich [H.] 1938:158 Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation. Makes available Pseudogobius Koumans 1931 (on museum name of Bleeker published in synonymy); should not be credited to Aurich but to Koumans. Described independently of Pseudogobius Popta 1922, of which it is a synonym; see Appendix A. Apparently Lizagobius Whitley 1933 should be used. See Pseudogobius of Popta and of Koumans. •Treated as valid as Pseudogobius Aurich 1938 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336] but on p. 698 indicates that it equals Lizagobius Whitley 1933, Roberts 1989:169 [ref. 6439], Gomon et al. 1994:804 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:94 [ref. 33734]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudorhinogobius Zhong [J.-S.] & Wu [H.-L.] 1998:148 [Engl. 152] Masc. Pseudorhinogobius aporus Zhong & Wu 1998. Type by original designation (also monotypic). In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Valid as Pseudorhinogobius Zhong & Wu 1998 -- (Endruweit 2024:127 [ref. 41040]). •Possible a synonym of Rhinogobius -- (H. Bleher email, 11/1/2010). •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545], Parenti 2021:354 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudotrypauchen Hardenberg [J. D. F.] 1931:418 Masc. Pseudotrypauchen multiradiatus Hardenberg 1931. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Pseudotrypanchen in Zoological Record for 1932. •Valid as Pseudotrypauchen Hardenberg 1931 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3580 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Shibukawa 2002:254 [ref. 25988], Murdy & Ferraris 2003:4 [ref. 26662], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:61 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotrypauchen Hardenberg 1931. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Psilosomus Swainson [W.] 1839:183 Masc. Taenioides herrmannii Lacepède 1800. Type by being a replacement name. Changed by Swainson on p. 279 (footnote) from Psilosoma (sic) to Amblyopus Cuvier. Unneeded replacement for Amblyopus. •Objective synonym of Amblyopus Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Pterogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:266 Masc. Gobius virgo Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pterogobius Gill 1863 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:368 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Akihito et al. 2008:8 [ref. 30094], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:48 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pterogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Quietula Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan & Starks 1895:839 Fem. Gillichthys y-cauda Jenkins & Evermann 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Quietula Jordan & Evermann 1895 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:434 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Ahnelt & Göschl 2003:187 [ref. 27367], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:300 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Quietula Jordan & Evermann 1895. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ranulina Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1906:522 Fem. Ranulina fimbriidens Jordan & Starks 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Lophiogobius Günther 1873 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lophiogobius Günther 1873. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Raogobius Mukerji [D. D.] 1935:262 Masc. Raogobius andamanicus Mukerji 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Lentipes Günther 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:411 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lentipes Günther 1861. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Redigobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:98 Masc. Gobius sternbergi Smith 1902. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Allen 1991:191 [ref. 21090], Gomon et al. 1994:805 [ref. 22532], Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:770 [ref. 30660], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:90 [ref. 36369], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:350 [ref. 38603], Kobayashi et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41112]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Reptiliceps Prokofiev [A. M.] 2007:140 Masc. Reptiliceps scarlatoi Prokofiev 2007. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Reptiliceps Prokofiev 2007 -- (Parenti 2021:353 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Reptiliceps Prokofiev 2007. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Rewa Whitley [G. P.] 1950:245 Fem. Rewa hicklingi Whitley 1950. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Named for the Rewa River; treated as feminine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Rhinogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:145 Masc. Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:480 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:55 [ref. 22798], Chen & Shao 1996:200 [ref. 22202], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Chen et. al 1998:255 [ref. 23655], Chen et al. 1999:171 [ref. 23885], Chen et al. 1999:20 [ref. 23908], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Chen et al. 1999:69 [ref. 24096], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Chen et al. 2002:259 [ref. 25989], Chen & Kottelat 2003:88 [ref. 27103], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Chen & Kottelat 2005:1407 [ref. 28141], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:234 [ref. 28183], Chen & Fang 2006:147 [ref. 28955], Huang & Chen 2007:101 [ref. 29017], Li & Zhong 2007:539 [ref. 29346], Valil'eva 2007:691 [ref. 29425], Chen et al. 2008:335 [ref. 29895], Yang et al. 2008:380 [ref. 29924], Chen & Miller 2008:225 [ref. 29935], Li & Zhong 2009:327 [ref. 30205], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Oijen et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31430], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Suzuki et al. 2012:693 [ref. 31734], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Chen & Miller 2014:124 [ref. 33160], Parin et al. 2014:504 [ref. 33547], Suzuki et al. 2015:[1] [ref. 33993], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Huang et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34339], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[1] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35202], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:192 [ref. 35257], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Endruweit 2017:549 [ref. 35366], Xia et al. 2018:553 [ref. 35887], Li et al. 2018:1 [ref. 35989], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Wu et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36135], Endruweit 2018:284 [ref. 36165], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545], Suzuki et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37412], Wanghe et al. 2020:351 [ref. 37684], Maeda et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38763], Parenti 2021:354 [ref. 38603], Suzuki et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39148], Chen et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39616], Chen et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39617], Wang & Chen 2022:45 [ref. 39621], Endruweit 2024:152 [ref. 41040] dated 1860, Maeda et al. 2024:507 [ref. 41367], Li et al. 2024:173 [ref. 41433], Chen & Yeh 2024:333 [ref. 41758], Chen et al. 2024:354 [ref. 41759], Chen & Wei 2024:362 [ref. 41760], Chen et al. 2024:369 [ref. 41761]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Rhodoniichthys Takagi [K.] 1966:39 Masc. Gobius laevis Steindachner 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859 -- (authors). •Valid as Rhodoniichthys Takagi 1966 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, subgenus Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Saccostoma Sauvage [H.-E.] (ex Guichenot) 1882:171 Neut. Saccostoma gulosus Sauvage 1882. Type by monotypy. Species originally S. gulosus, corrected to gulosum to agree in gender with genus. Both genus and species attributed by Sauvage to "Guichenot in collect." but we assume Sauvage was responsible for the descriptions and is the author. Apparently preoccupied [details not investigated]. •Synonym of Chaenogobius Sauvage 1882 -- (Stevenson 2002:254 [ref. 26489], Parenti 2021:294 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Sagamia Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:100 Fem. Sagamia russula Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:363 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:394 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parenti 2021:288 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Scartelaos Swainson [W.] 1839:183, 279 Masc. Gobius viridis Hamilton 1822. Type by monotypy. Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097] indicate that the type is by subsequent designation of Bleeker 1874. •Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Jayaram 1981:368 [ref. 6497], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605] as Scarteleos, Murdy 1989:49 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:294 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:498 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:29 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:395 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Schismatogobius de Beaufort [L. F.] 1912:139 Masc. Schismatogobius bruynisi de Beaufort 1912. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated on p. 139. •Valid as Schismatogobius de Beaufort 1912 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Kottelat & Pethiyagoda 1989:315 [ref. 14143], Chen et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25462], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2004:237 [ref. 27963], Jenkins & Boseto 2005:75 [ref. 28214], Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:206 [ref. 34477], Keith et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35180], Keith et al. 2017:195 [ref. 35442], Maeda et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35500], Keith et al. 2018:195 [ref. 36051], Keith et al. 2021:53 [ref. 38123], Parenti 2021:366 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius de Beaufort 1912. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Sericagobioides Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:335 Masc. Sericagobioides lighti Herre 1927. Type by monotypy (second species questionably included). •Synonym of Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874 -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2001:32 [ref. 25243], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Odontamblyopus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Sicidium Bleeker [P.] 1874:314 Neut. Sicydium gymnauchen Bleeker 1858. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Missed by Kottelat (2013). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicya (subgenus of Cotylopus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:456 Fem. Sicydium gymnogaster Ogilvie-Grant 1884. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:426 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:413 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicydiops (subgenus of Sicyopterus) Bleeker [P.] 1874:314 Masc. Sicydium xanthurus Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:383 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicydium Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:167 Neut. Gobius plumieri Bloch 1786. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:101. •Valid as Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Akihito & Meguro 1979 [ref. 6996], Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:804 [ref. 21590], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:955 [ref. 21279], Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:426 [ref. 24550], Watson 2000:2 [ref. 24994], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Pezold et al. 2006:970 [ref. 28916], Harrison et al. 2007:503 [ref. 30083], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], de Lucena et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32517], Aguirre et al. 2017:5 [ref. 36716], Parenti 2021:413 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicyogaster Gill [T. N.] 1860:101 Fem. Sicyogaster concolor Gill 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Sicyogaster Brisout de Barneville 1846 in fishes, replaced by Lentipes Günther 1861. •In the synonymy of Lentipes Günther 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:410 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lentipes Günther 1861. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicyopterus (subgenus of Sicydium) Gill [T. N.] 1860:101 Masc. Sicydium (Sicyopterus) stimpsoni Gill 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:426 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:410 [ref. 7348], Akihito & Meguro 1979 [ref. 6996], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:383 [ref. 6218], Klausewitz & Henrich 1986:117 [ref. 5214], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Allen 1991:193 [ref. 21090], Maugé et al. 1992:217 [ref. 19910], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:962 [ref. 21279], Harrison 1993:223 [ref. 22083], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Watson et al. 2000:12 [ref. 25138], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2004:111 [ref. 27828], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Hoese & Larson 2006:1683 [ref. 29097], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Keith et al. 2011:312, 318 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Keith et al. 2013:299 [ref. 31972], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2015:243 [ref. 34172], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:340 [ref. 35805], Maeda & Saeki 2018:253 [ref. 36339], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Lord et al. 2020:127 [ref. 37663], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicyopus Gill [T. N.] 1863:262 (footnote) Masc. Sicydium zosterophorum Bleeker 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:311 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Sicyopus Gill 1863 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:284 [ref. 6441], Klausewitz & Henrich 1986 [ref. 5214], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Allen 1991:196 [ref. 21090], Maugé et al. 1992:215 [ref. 19910], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:958 [ref. 21279], Harrison 1993:223 [ref. 22083], Watson 1995:271 [ref. 21888], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Chen & Shao 1998:98 [ref. 2414], Watson 1999:93 [ref. 24143] as a sub genus, Watson & Allen 1999:114 [ref. 24140], Watson et al. 2001:41 [ref. 25349], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2010:303 [ref. 30993], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Keith et al. 2011:2725 [ref. 31651], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33540], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:340 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36673], Keith et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36794], Parenti 2021:422 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sicyosus (subgenus of Cotylopus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2867 Masc. Sicydium gymnogaster Ogilvie-Grant 1884. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Sicya Jordan & Evermann 1896, apparently preoccupied in Lepidoptera [details not investigated]. •Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:426 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:413 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sinogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Liu [C. K.] 1940:215 Masc. Gobius (Sinogobius) szechuanensis Liu 1940 (= Rhinogobius liui Chen & Wu 2008). Type by original designation (also monotypic). In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Valid as Sinogobius Liu 1940 -- (Endruweit 2024:157 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Yang et al. 2008:380 [ref. 29924], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545], Parenti 2021:354 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Siphonogobius Shibukawa [K.] & Iwata [A.] 1998:142 Masc. Siphonogobius nue Shibukawa & Iwata 1998. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Siphonogobius Shibukawa & Iwata 1998 -- (Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:48 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:288 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Siphonogobius Shibukawa & Iwata 1998. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Smaragdus Poey [F.] 1860:279 Fem. Smaragdus valenciennesi Poey 1860 (= Gobius smaragdus Valenciennes 1837). Type by absolute tautonymy of cited objective synonym. Poey's S. valenciennesi is an unneeded substitute for G. smaragdus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351], Parenti 2021:309 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Smilosicyopus (subgenus of Sicyopus) Watson [R. E.] 1999:96 Masc. Sicyopus leprurus Sakai & Nakamura 1979. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Sicyopus Gill 1863, but a valid subgenus Smilosicyopus as described -- (Watson et al. 2001:41 [ref. 25349], Keith et al. 2010:303 [ref. 30993], Keith et al. 2010:303 [ref. 30933]). •Valid as Smilosicyopus Watson 1999 -- (Keith et al. 2011:320 [ref. 31023], Keith et al. 2011:2726 [ref. 31651], Kottelat 2013:428 [ref. 32989], Keith & Taillebois 2014:69 [ref. 33422], Parenti 2021:424 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Smilosicyopus Watson 1999. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sovvityazius Prokofiev [A. M.] 2015:661 Masc. Sovvityazius acer Prokofiev 2015. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Corrections in Murdy 2017:127 [ref. 35351]. •Valid as Sovvityazius Prokofiev 2015 -- (Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sovvityazius Prokofiev 2015. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Speleogobius Zander [C. D.] & Jelinek [H.] 1976:275 Masc. Speleogobius trigloides Zander & Jelinek 1976. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek 1976 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1080 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:67 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2016:301 [ref. 34155], Parenti 2021:369 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek 1976. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Sphenentogobius Fowler [H. W.] 1940:396 Masc. Sphenentogobius vanderbilti Fowler 1940. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Miller 1987:698 [ref. 6336]). •Synonym of Hemigobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Larson 1999:25 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:73 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:323 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Stenogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:317 Masc. Gobius gymnopomus Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation. •Valid as Stenogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:384 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Watson 1991:573 [ref. 19908], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:472 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:197 [ref. 21090], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2002:187 [ref. 26363], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Keith & Marquet 2006:139 [ref. 28956], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:340 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:370 [ref. 38603], Causse et al. 2023:[14] 145 [ref. 40322], Causse et al. 2024:[7] [ref. 41111]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Stigmatogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:323 Masc. Gobius pleurostigma Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:169 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:302 [ref. 24860], Larson 2001:209 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:328 [ref. 31338], Larson 2005:349 [ref. 28521], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:374 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Stiphodon Weber [M.] 1895:269 Masc. Stiphodon semoni Weber 1895. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Stiphodon Weber 1895 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Ryan 1986:655 [ref. 6318], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:494 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:200 [ref. 21090], Maugé et al. 1992:225 [ref. 19910], Harrison 1993:223 [ref. 22083], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:966 [ref. 21279], Watson & Kottelat 1995:1 [ref. 21671], Watson 1995:35 [ref. 21672], Watson 1996:113 [ref. 22688], Watson 1998:76 [ref. 23640], Watson et al. 1998:293 [ref. 23658], Watson 1999:89 [ref. 23674], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Watson & Allen 1999:114 [ref. 24140], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2002:161 [ref. 26365], Chen & Tan 2005:237 [ref. 28539], Watson et al. 2005:339 [ref. 27468], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Hoese & Larson 2006:1684 [ref. 29097], Keith & Marquet 2007:45 [ref. 29176], Watson 2008:43 [ref. 29534], Keith et al. 2009:473 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Maeda et al. 2012:287 [ref. 31973], Maeda et al. 2012:319 [ref. 32002], Maeda & Tan 2013:749 [ref. 32886], Maeda & Saeki 2013:215 [ref. 33022], Maeda 2013:(1) [ref. 33023], Chabarria et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33324], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Keith & Hadiaty 2015:267 [ref. 33653], Maeda & Palla 2015:381 [ref. 33960], Keith et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34020], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:425 [ref. 38603], Jhuang et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41245], Nurjirana et al. 2025:99 [ref. 42194]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon Weber 1895. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Suiboga Pinto [S. Y.] 1960:1 Fem. Suiboga travassosi Pinto 1960. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:301 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Suruga Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:96 Fem. Suruga fundicola Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Suruga Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:45 [ref. 32580], Parenti 2021:289 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Suruga Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Synechogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:46 Masc. Gobius hasta Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. Appeared without mention of species; species added by Gill 1863:266. •Valid as Synechogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303] as Synochogobius, Wu in Pan et al. 1991:488 [ref. 23876], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Diepinotus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040] dated 1862). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:284 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Syrrhothonus Chabanaud [P.] 1933:1249 Masc. Syrrhothonus charrieri Chabanaud 1933. Type by monotypy. Also appeared as Chabanaud (Dec. 31) 1933:172 [ref. 789]. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Parenti 2021:342 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Taenioides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:532 Masc. Taenioides hermannii Lacepède 1800. Type by monotypy. Spelled Taenioïdes in original. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:173 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Taenioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:416 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:288 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:385 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:313 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:445 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:202 [ref. 21090], Murdy & Shibukawa 2001:34 [ref. 25243], Larson & Murdy 2001:3580 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Shibukawa 2002:257 [ref. 25988], Murdy & Ferraris 2003:4 [ref. 26662], Murdy 2003:334 [ref. 27039], Ataur Rahman 2003:340 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1685 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2011:113 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:341 [ref. 35805], Murdy 2018:454 [ref. 36225], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Taenioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Tamanka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:220 Fem. Tamanka siitensis Herre 1927. Type by original designation. •Valid as Tamanka Herre 1927 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:212 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:375 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tamanka Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Taranetziola (subgenus of Gymnogobius) Shedko [S. V.] & Chereshnev [I. A.] 2005:443 Fem. Gobius urotaenia Hilgendorf 1879. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, but a valid subgenus Taranetziola as described. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Tasmanogobius Scott [E. O. G.] 1935:55 Masc. Tasmanogobius lordi Scott 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Tasmanogobius Scott 1935 -- (Hoese & Larson 1987:43 [ref. 6609], Hoese 1991 [ref. 21448], Gomon et al. 1994:806 [ref. 22532], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Hoese & Larson 2006:1686 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:771 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727] in Gobionellinae, Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Parenti 2021:375 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tasmanogobius Scott 1935. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Thaigobiella Smith [H. M.] 1931:35 Fem. Thaigobiella sua Smith 1931. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1987:699 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:305 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Tomiyamia Endruweit [M.] 2024:85 Fem. Tridentiger nudicervicus Tomiyama 1934. Type by original designation (and monotypic). •Valid as Tomiyamia Endruweit 2024. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamia Endruweit 2024. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Triaenophorichthys Gill [T. N.] 1859:195 Masc. Triaenophorus trigonocephalus Gill 1859. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Triaenophorus Gill 1859 [ref. 1753], preoccupied by Triaenophorus Rudolphi 1793 in helminths. •Valid as Triaenophorichthys Gill (in Bleeker) 1874 -- (Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:376 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Triaenophorus Gill [T. N.] 1859:17 Masc. Triaenophorus trigonocephalus Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Triaenophorus Rudolphi 1793 in helminths, replaced by Triaenophorichthys Gill 1859. •Synonym of Triaenophorichthys Gill 1859 -- (Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040] dated 1874). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:376 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Triaenopogon Bleeker [P.] 1874:312 Masc. Triaenophorichthys barbatus Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Hoese, pers. comm.). •Valid as Triaenopogon Bleeker 1874 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:348 [ref. 7348], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:453 [ref. 23876], Endruweit 2024:86 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Triaenopogon Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Trichopharynx Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:769 Masc. Gobius crassilabris Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:301 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Tridentiger Gill [T. N.] 1859:16 Masc. Sicydium obscurum Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by original designation. See also Trigonocephalus Okada 1961. Hoese & Larson 2006:1687 [ref. 29097] list type as by subsequent designation (needs research). •Valid as Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:346 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303], Akihito & Sakamoto 1989 [ref. 14124], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:451 [ref. 23876], Gomon et al. 1994:808 [ref. 22532], Vasil'eva 1998:147 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:235 [ref. 28183], Hoese & Larson 2006:1687 [ref. 29097], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:450 [ref. 30089], Hoese & Larson 2008:773 [ref. 30660], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:171 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Cui et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32726], Parin et al. 2014:505 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:193 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:376 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tridentiger Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Trifissus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1900:373 Masc. Trifissus ioturus Jordan & Snyder 1900. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Triaenophorichthys Gill 1859 -- (Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040] dated 1874). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Akihito & Sakamoto 1989:101 [ref. 14124], Parenti 2021:376 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Trigonocephalus Okada [Y.] 1961:265 Masc. Not available, no type designated. Apparently a mistake for Tridentiger (see Hubbs 1962:238 [ref. 6362] and Whitley 1967:49 [ref. 4735]). Name also preoccupied in reptiles. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:448 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859 -- (Parenti 2021:376 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Trypauchen Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:152 Masc. Gobius vagina Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Trypauchen Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:412 [ref. 7348], Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:312 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:448 [ref. 23876], Birdsong & Robins 1995:681 [ref. 21667], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:790 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Ataur Rahman 2003:338 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2006:57 [ref. 28850], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2008:127 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:435 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:162 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trypauchen Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Trypauchenichthys Bleeker [P.] 1860:4, 63 Masc. Trypauchenichthys typus Bleeker 1860. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). Kottelat (2013) dates to Bleeker 1860:331, but the distinguishing features are considered insufficient. •Valid as Trypauchenichthys Bleeker 1860 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:790 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Murdy 2006:61 [ref. 28850], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2008:60 [ref. 29660], Murdy 2008:127 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:435 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trypauchenichthys Bleeker 1860. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Trypauchenophrys Franz [V.] 1910:68 Fem. Trypauchenophrys anotus Franz 1910. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906 -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2003:3 [ref. 27145], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Caragobius Smith & Seale 1906. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Trypauchenopsis Volz [W.] 1903:554 Fem. Trypauchenopsis intermedia Volz 1903. Type by monotypy. Treated by author as masculine, opsis is feminine; so type species intermedius is changed to intermedia. •Synonym of Brachyamblyopus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Trypauchenopsis Volz 1903 -- (Murdy 2011:113 [ref. 31729], Shibukawa & Murdy 2012:528 [ref. 32199], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trypauchenopsis Volz 1903. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Tukugobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:119 Masc. Rhinogobius carpenteri Seale 1910. Type by original designation. In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Chen et. al 1998:255 [ref. 23655], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Chen et al. 1999:20 [ref. 23908], Chen & Kottelat 2003:88 [ref. 27103], Yang et al. 2008:380 [ref. 29924], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545]). •Valid as Tukugobius Herre 1927 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Endruweit 2017:558 [ref. 35366], Parenti 2021:378 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:207 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Tyntlastes (subgenus of Amblyopus) Günther [A.] 1862:194 Masc. Amblyopus sagitta Günther 1862. Type by monotypy. As a section of Amblyopus. •Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800 -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1998:124 [ref. 23380], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:318 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides Lacepède 1800. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Typhlogobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:141 [23] Masc. Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner 1879. Type by monotypy. On p. 23 of separate in 1879, main volume in 1880; also in abstract in 1879 [ref. 20479]. •Valid as Typhlogobius Steindachner 1879 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:293 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Typhlogobius Steindachner 1879. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Vailima Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:398 Fem. Vailima stevensoni Jordan & Seale 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Stiphodon Weber 1895 -- (Watson 1995:35 [ref. 21672], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:425 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon Weber 1895. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Vaimosa Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:395 Fem. Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale 1906. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 [or 1899] -- (Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:328 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Vitraria Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:205 Fem. Vitraria clarescens Jordan & Evermann 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Vitraria Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303]). •Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860 -- (Greenfield et al. 1998:501 [ref. 23340], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:416 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus Gill 1860. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Waitea Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:407 Fem. Waitea stomias Smith 1941. Type species by subsequent designation. Apparently based on a misidentified type species, specimen later renamed Waitea stomias by Smith 1941:411. Type species fixed by Kottelat (2013). •Valid as Waitea Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Waiteopsis Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 Fem. Waiteopsis paludis Whitley 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:328 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Weberogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1953:172 Masc. Gobius amadi Weber 1913. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Weberogobius Koumans 1953 -- (Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Endruweit 2024:83 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522] dated 1889, Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:328 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Wuhanlinigobius Huang [S.-P.], Jaafar [Z.] & Chen [I-S.] 2014:148 Masc. Mugilogobius polylepis Wu & Ni 1985. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Eugnathogobius Smith 1931 -- (Taki et al. 2021:465 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Wuhanlinigobius Hueng, Jaafar & Chen 2014 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477] dated 2013, Parenti 2021:378 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Wuhanlinigobius Huang, Jaafar & Chen 2014. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Zappa Murdy [E. O.] 1989:53 Masc. Pseudapocryptes confluentus Roberts 1978. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Zappa Murdy 1989 -- (Allen 1991:200 [ref. 21090], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:31 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:397 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Zappa Murdy 1989. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Zhuquella Endruweit [M.] 2024:173 Fem. Zhuquella zhuquella Endruweit 2024. Type by original designation. In the absence of a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Rhinogobius-group, we still use Rhinogobius sensu lato. •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.