Bathygobius Bleeker [P.] 1878:54 Masc. Gobius nebulopunctatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:393 [ref. 4904], not G. petrophilus Bleeker 1863 [but needs further investigation, see also Miller & Smith 1989:279, 280 [ref. 25535]]. See Shinohara et al. 2000:182 [ref. 25987]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Bathygobius Bleeker 1878 -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888], Goren 1979:26 [ref. 1852], Akihito & Meguro 1980:217 [ref. 6920], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:272 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Goren 1988 [ref. 6612], Birdsong et al. 1988:184, 186 [ref. 7303], Miller & Smith 1989:279 [ref. 25535], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1992:24 [ref. 39338], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:812 [ref. 21590], Gomon et al. 1994:785 [ref. 22532], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:423 [ref. 24550], Miller & Stefanni 2001:142 [ref. 26034], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Larson 2002:67 [ref. 26717], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1784 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:527 [ref. 30083], Hoese & Larson 2008:754 [ref. 30660], Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Tornabene et al. 2010:142 [ref. 30990], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738] in Gobiidae, Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35433], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius Bleeker 1878. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.