Proterorhinus (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:544 Masc. Gobius marmoratus Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Proterorhinus as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:161 [ref. 24865]). •Valid as Proterorhinus Smitt 1900 -- (Miller 1973:511 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1078 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2001:229 [ref. 25591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:[9] 921 [ref. 27148], Vasil'eva 2003:S52 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:233 [ref. 28183] dated 1899, Miller in Miller 2004:37 [ref. 27853] dated 1899, Nielsen & Stepien 2006:67 [ref. 31437], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554, 588 [ref. 29996], Freyhof & Naseka 2008:325 [ref. 29387], Neilson & Stepien 2009:665 [ref. 30119], Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:502 [ref. 33547] dated 1899, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38799]). Current status: Valid as Proterorhinus Smitt 1900. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.