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Species in the genus Gymnogobius: [ 24 ] records

aino, Chloea Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1904:207 [Fishes of the eastern seas of the Russian Empire; ref. 3946] Chepisani and Tunaichi Lakes, near Aniva Bay, southern Sakhalin Island, River Arzakul', Aniva Bay, Russia. Syntypes: ?NMW 82275 (1); ZIN 13106 (3), 13133 (10, now 8). •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Berg 1949:1073 [ref. 20662] as macrognathus, Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:377 [ref. 7348] as macrognathus). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859, subspecies urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Okada 1961:678 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:303 [ref. 26489]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:191 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

breunigii, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:140 [22] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Syntypes: NMW 30276 (8). On p. 22 of separate. •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Gymnogobius breunigii (Steindachner 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:276 [ref. 26489], Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444] dated 1880, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2005:710 [ref. 28421], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089] in subgenus Chloea, Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:485 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:35 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[3] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius breunigii (Steindachner 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Yellow Sea (China, Korea), Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Sea of Okhotsk (Russia). IUCN (2021): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bungei, Chloea Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:119, Fig. 5 [Vestnik Akademii Nauk. Leningrad (Seriya 7); ref. 16331] Port Shestakoff, Seikosin, North Korea. Syntypes: ZIN 23107 (3). •Valid as Gymnogobius bungei (Schmidt 1931) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:379 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Stevenson 2002:293 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

castaneus, Gobius O'Shaughnessy [A. W. E.] 1875:145 [2] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 19); ref. 18481] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1870.12.2.1-2 (2). On p. 2 of separate. •Valid as Chloea castanea (O'Shaughnessy 1975) -- (Berg 1949:1072 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Chaenogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:276 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:613 [ref. 25598], Takahashi 1996:2 [ref. 24363], Kim 1997:432 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Sato et al. 1998:41 [ref. 24972], Matsuura et al. 2000:221 [ref. 26000], Kim & Park 2002:356 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:398, 658 [ref. 26218], Stevenson 2002:272 [ref. 26489]). •Valid as Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Nakabo 2000:1200 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:145 [ref. 25688], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Nakabo 2002:1200 [ref. 26193], Yonezawa & Shinomiya 2002:2 [ref. 26563], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:441 [ref. 30089] in subgenus Chloea, Parin et al. 2014:485 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:189 [ref. 35257], Dyldin et al. 2021:35 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[3] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea and Okhotsk Sea (China, Korea, Japan, Russia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cylindricus, Chaenogobius Tomiyama [I.] 1936:92, Fig. 39 [Japanese Journal of Zoology v. 7 (no. 1) (art. 5); ref. 4413] Hiroshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 30389. Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2025:158 [ref. 42287]. •Synonym of Gymnogobius raninus Taranetz 1934 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:375 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Chaenogobius cylindricus Tomiyama 1936 -- (Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:277 [ref. 6441], Suzuki & Masuda 1993:2 [ref. 24333], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670]). •Valid as Gymnogobius cylindricus (Tomiyama 1936) -- (Nakabo 2000:1199 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1199 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:280 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:486 [ref. 33547], Dyldin et al. 2020:93 [ref. 37569], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Aizawa et al. 2025:158 [ref. 42287], Mukai et al. 2025:55 [ref. 42711], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[3] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius cylindricus (Tomiyama 1936). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan and East China Sea (Japan). IUCN (2019): Near Threatened. Habitat: brackish, marine.

heptacanthus, Gobius Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1879:110 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879; ref. 21467] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: ZMB 10656 (1). •Valid as Chaenogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:276 [ref. 6441], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799], Choi et al. 2003:398, 658 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:382 [ref. 7348], Sakamoto & Abe 1997:37 [ref. 42630], Nakabo 2000:1198 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1198 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:290 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Matsunuma et al. 2010:80 [ref. 31558], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:486 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[3] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China to Korea, Russia and Japan. IUCN (2025): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

isaza, Chaenogobius Tanaka [S.] 1916:102 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28; ref. 4327] Fisheries Experiment Station, Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Syntypes: LBM (Lake Biwa Museum, Kusatsu, Japan) 1210060300 (10), 1210060299 (2), ZUMT 1935 (11), 57520 (1), 63213 (64, 66024 (1)) Type catalog: ,Aizawa et al. 2025:159 [ref. 42287]. •Valid as Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859, subspecies isaza Tanaka 1916 -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545]). •Valid as Chaenogobius isaza Tanaka 1916 -- (Okada 1961:680 [ref. 6363], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:277 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:616 [ref. 25598], Matsuura et al. 2000:224 [ref. 26000]). •Valid as Gymnogobius isaza (Tanaka 1916) -- (Nakabo 2000:1198 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1198 [ref. 26193], Harada et al. 2002:326 [ref. 26496], Stevenson 2002:295 [ref. 26489], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Aizawa et al. 2025:159 [ref. 42287]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius isaza (Tanaka 1916). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Lake Biwa (Japan) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

laevis, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:138 [20] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Hakodate,Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW 29508. On p. 20 of separate. •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Berg 1949:1073 [ref. 20662] as macrognathus). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Chaenogobius laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:276 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:614 [ref. 25598], Zhu 1995:179 [ref. 25213], Matsuura et al. 2000:225 [ref. 26000]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius urotaena (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Kim 1997:581 [ref. 24032] as urotaenius). •Valid as Rhodoniichthys laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:757 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178]). •Valid as Gymnogobius laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (Nakabo 2000:1200 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Nakabo 2002:1200 [ref. 26193]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:303 [ref. 26489], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:191 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrognathos, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1860:83, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [not Pl. 2 as stated in text] [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 1); ref. 374] Tokyo, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4461. •Valid as Chaenogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Suzuki & Masuda 1993:4 [ref. 24333]). •Valid as Chaenogobius macrognathus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:278 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:623 [ref. 25598], Kim 1997:436 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:133 [ref. 23591], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Kim & Park 2002:360 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:398, 658 [ref. 26218], Stevenson 2002:285 [ref. 26489]). •Valid as Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Berg 1949:1073 [ref. 20662] as macrognathus, Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:377 [ref. 7348] as macrognathus, Nakabo 2000:1199 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Wang et al. 2001:269 [ref. 26566] as macrognathus, Nakabo 2002:1199 [ref. 26193], Harada et al. 2002:326 [ref. 26496], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515] as macrognatus, Parin et al. 2014:486 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:189 [ref. 35257] with question, Henmi et al. 2018:200 [ref. 36477], Dyldin et al. 2021:35 [ref. 38804] with question, Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[3] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan, Russia, Korea and China. Habitat: brackish.

mororana, Chloea Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:80, Fig. 14 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Mororan, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6452. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6619 (19), 6634 (2), 6661 (10), 22014 (73); USNM 49942 (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:142 [ref. 2676] as cotypes in SU 6661, Böhlke 1953:109 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chaenogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:276 [ref. 6441], Choi et al. 2003:399, 658 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:381 [ref. 7348], Nakabo 2000:1198 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Nakabo 2002:1198 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:293 [ref. 26489], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Parin et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257] with question, Dyldin et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38804] with question, Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[4] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan, Korea, Russia and southern Kuril Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nakamurae, Chloea Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1907:265, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 33 (no. 1570); ref. 10643] Nagaoka, Echigo, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 20163. Paratypes: USNM 61680 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:109 [ref. 12291]. Originally as Chloëa nakamurae. Named for Masao Nakamura. The spelling nakamurae is acceptable; early workers almost certainly Latinized the name first, and then added an 'e' (Art. 31.1.1) [WNE, 12 Mar. 2012] -- we now suggest using nakamurae if the species is treated as valid. •Synonym of Chloea castanea (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Berg 1949:1072 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius urotaena (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Kim 1997:581 [ref. 24032] as urotaenius). •Synonym of Rhodoniichthys laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (authors). •Synonym of Chloea castanea (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Berg 1949:1072 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnesy 1875) -- (Stevenson 2002:272 [ref. 26489], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:189 [ref. 35257] with question, Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Gymnogobius nakamurae (Jordan & Richadson 1907) -- (Ito et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38897]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius nakamurae (Jordan & Richardson 1907). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan coast of central Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nigrimembranis, Gobius (Chaenogobius) Wu [H.-W.] & Wang [K. F.] 1931:4, Fig. 3 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 16407] Chefoo, Shantung Province, China. Syntypes: ?Mus. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China 7446, 7280 (whereabouts unknown). •Status uncertain -- (Stevenson 2002:307 [ref. 26489]). •Valid as Chaenogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931) -- (Parenti 2021:295 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:379 [ref. 7348]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific Ocean: China. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnis, Chloea Wang [K.-F.] & Wang [S.-C.] 1935:187, Fig. 17 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 11 (no. 6); ref. 17227] Chefoo, Shantung Province, China. Holotype: SSCN 7308. Paratypes: SSCN (7). •Valid as Gymnogobius nigripinnis (Wang & Wang 1935) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:375 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:290 [ref. 26489], Parin et al. 2014:486 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

opperiens, Gymnogobius Stevenson [D. E.] 2002:299, Figs. 4N, 8C [Species Diversity v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 26489] Yuapu River, Yamagoe, Toshima, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 60922 [ex NSMT-P 14366]. Paratypes: HUMZ 40721 (1), 40723 (1), 42113 (1), 42115 (1), 42119 (1), 42127 (1), 42129 (1), 42131 (1), 42152-53 (1, 1), 42155 (1), 42171 (1), 70173 (1); NSMT-P 11055 (1), 11090 (4), 14338 (1), 14366 (1), 14937 (3), 16210 (5), 18772 (3), 19291 (1); UW 40100 (7), 40113 (20, 5 c&s), 42003 (11), 043542 (6), 044225 (22). •Valid as Gymnogobius opperiens Stevenson 2002 -- (Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Kim et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27747], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:444 [ref. 30089] in subgenus Taranetziola, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257], Dyldin et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[4] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius opperiens Stevenson 2002. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Sea of Japan and Pacific coast north to southern Kuril Islands (Korea, northern Japan, and Russia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

petschiliensis, Gobius Rendahl [H.] 1924:20 [Arkiv för Zoologi v. 16 (no. 2); ref. 15467] Shan-Hai-Kuan and Pei-Tai-Ho, Hebei [Hubai] Province, China. Syntypes: NRM 10621 (4), 10623 (2). •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Berg 1949:1073 [ref. 20662] as macrognathus). •Valid as Gymnogobius petschiliensis (Rendahl 1924) -- (Stevenson 2002:296 [ref. 26489], Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Kim et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27747], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Yonezawa et al. 2010:254 [ref. 30902], Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:488 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603], Kunimatsu & Fuke 2025:66 [ref. 42004], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[4] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius petschiliensis (Rendahl 1924). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan, Korea, China, Russia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

raninus, Gymnogobius Taranetz [A. Ya.] 1934:398 [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya A v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16462] Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, Russia. Lectotype: ZIN 25485. Paralectotypes: (3) ZIN 35325 (1). Lectotype selected by Pinchuk 1978. •Valid as Gymngobius raninus Taranetz 1934 -- (Berg 1949:1075 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:375 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym in part of Chaenogobius macrognathus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:133 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Chaenogobius raninus (Taranetz 1934) -- (Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Stevenson 2002:285 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:189 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

sarchynnis, Chloea Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:82, Fig. 15 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Wakanoura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype: CAS-SU 6463. Paratypes: (6) CAS-SU 6653 (4), USNM 49920 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:142 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:109 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chloea sarchynnis Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:375 [ref. 26385]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (authors). •Synonym of Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:382 [ref. 7348], Stevenson 2002:290 [ref. 26489], Parin et al. 2014:486 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius heptacanthus (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

scrobiculatus, Chaenogobius Takagi [K.] 1957:120, Pl. 6 (fig. g); Fig. 7 [Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 4310] Mouth of Asa River, Ushirogata-kami, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Neotype: OMNH-P 11261. Neotype designated by Stevenson 2002:282 [ref. 26489]. Types transferred to the Imperial Household and apparent lost except possibly for fragments of one paratype. •Valid as Chaenogobius scrobiculatus Takagi 1957 -- (Suzuki & Masuda 1993:4 [ref. 24333]). •Valid as Gymnogobius scrobiculatus (Takagi 1957) -- (Nakabo 2000:1199 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1199 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:281 [ref. 26489], Matsunuma et al. 2009:9 [ref. 31113], Matsui et al. 2014:11 [ref. 33344], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius scrobiculatus (Takagi 1957). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan and Korea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

senbae, Chloea Tanaka [S.] 1916:228 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28 (no. 332); ref. 15077] Lake Semba, Koma, Ryugazaki, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan. Syntypes: ZUMT 7085 (11), 13461 (32), 30444 (74), 30445-8 (1,1,1,1), 30452 (1), 44609 (117), 56016 [ex ZUMT 7085] (54), 57518 [ex ZUMT 7085], 57519 (1). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2025:160 [ref. 42287]. •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Chloea castanea (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Berg 1949:1072 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Rhodoniichthys laevis (Steindachner 1879) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius laevis (Steindachner 1879). •Synonym of Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Stevenson 2002:272 [ref. 26489], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:189 [ref. 35257], Parenti 2021:297 [ref. 38603], Aizawa et al. 2025:160 [ref. 42287]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

taranetzi, Chaenogobius Pinchuk [V. I.] 1978:13 [10], Fig. 3B [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 18 (no. 1) (art. 108); ref. 8675] Amur Bay, mouth of Kedrovka River, Russia. Holotype: ZIN 42342. Additional material or paratypes: ZIN 16955, 16967, 17455, 17464-65, 17467, 17479, 17480-82, 25497, 38386, 42327-28, 42329, 42330-33, 42334-36. On p. 10 of English translation. •Valid as Chaenogobius taranetzi Pinchuk 1978 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:133 [ref. 23591], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670]). •Valid as Gymnogobius taranetzi (Pinchuk 1978) -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Stevenson 2002:274 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:488 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[4] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius taranetzi (Pinchuk 1978). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia and ?China). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

transversefasciatus, Chaenogobius Wu [H.-L.] & Zhou [Z.] 1990:144, 147, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 14 (no. 2); ref. 16138] Cangnan Shuitou (Ao-jiang River), Zhejiang Province, China. Holotype: Freshw. Fish. Inst. Zhejiang SFC 916. Paratypes: BLIH 1984387 (1); Lab. Fish. Shanghai Fish. Univ. and Freshw. Fish. Inst. Zhejiang: nos. SFC 915, SFC 917-919, SFC 920. Originally as transverse fasciatus, but as a species so words must be combined. •Synonym of Gymnogobius petschiliensis (Rendahl 1924) -- (Stevenson 2002:297 [ref. 26489]). •Valid as Gymnogobius transversefasciatus (Wu & Zhou 1990) -- (Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Parenti 2021:298 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius transversefasciatus (Wu & Zhou 1990). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Zhejiang Province (China). Habitat: freshwater.

uchidai, Paleatogobius Takagi [K.] 1957:118, Pl. 6 (fig. f); Fig. 6 [Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 4310] Kanakuzu, River, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: LFBKU. Paratypes: LFBKU (4), USNM 215275 (1). •Valid as Chaenogobius uchidai (Takagi 1957) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:278 [ref. 6441], Suzuki & Masuda 1993:4 [ref. 24333]). •Valid as Gymnogobius uchidai (Takagi 1957) -- (Nakabo 2000:1199 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1199 [ref. 26193], Harada et al. 2002:326 [ref. 26496], Stevenson 2002:287 [ref. 26489], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Sonoyama et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37637], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius uchidai (Takagi 1957). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern and central Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

urotaenia, Gobius Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1879:107 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879; ref. 21467] Japan. Possible types: ZMB 10644 (28), 10679 (4). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859, but a valid subspecies urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:678 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:377 [ref. 7348] as macrognathus). •Valid as Chaenogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:277 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:618 [ref. 25598], Kim 1997:433 [ref. 24032] as urotaenius, Nikiforov et al. 1997:330 [ref. 24694], Sakamoto & Abe 1997:36 [ref. 42630], Takahashi et al. 1997:47 [ref. 24971], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Stevenson 2000:838 [ref. 24583], Matsuura et al. 2000:227 [ref. 26000], Zemnukhov et al. 2001:420 [ref. 25412], Kim & Park 2002:358 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:399, 658 [ref. 26218]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Nakabo 2000:1197 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Nakabo 2002:1197 [ref. 26193], Harada et al. 2002:326 [ref. 26496], Stevenson 2002:303 [ref. 26489], Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Kim et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27747], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:454 [ref. 29515], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:447 [ref. 30089] in subgenus Taranetziola, Yonezawa et al. 2010:254 [ref. 30902], Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:488 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257], Sonoyama et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[4] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan, Korea, southern Kuril Islands and Russia. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

zhoushanensis, Gymnogobius Zhao [S.-L.], Wu [H.-L.] & Zhong [J.-S.] 2007:453, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 31 (no. 4); ref. 29515] Zhoushan Island, 30°02'N, 122°03'E, Zhejiang Province, China. Holotype: SFC 924. Paratypes: SFC 921-923 (3). •Valid as Gymnogobius zhoushanensis Zhao, Wu & Zhong 2007 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Parenti 2021:299 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius zhoushanensis Zhao, Wu & Zhong 2007. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province (China). Habitat: freshwater.