Gouania Nardo [G. D.] 1833:548 Fem. Gouania prototypus Nardo 1833. Type by original designation. Genus appeared first as Covania; name corrected by Canestrini 1864:181 [ref. 714]. Prevailing usage as Gouania. •Valid as Gouania Nardo 1833 -- (Briggs 1955:22 [ref. 637], Briggs 1973:653 [ref. 7222], Briggs in Whitehead et al. 1986:1355 [ref. 13677], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], Wagner et al. 2019:3 [ref. 36765], Wagner et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37868], Conway et al. 2020:889 [ref. 38030] in Lepadogastrinae). Current status: Valid as Gouania Nardo 1833. Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae.