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.