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Species in the genus Ponticola: [ 25 ] records

alasanicus, Ponticola Epitashvili [G.], Japoshvili [B.] & Mumladze [L.] 2023:8, Figs. 2-4 [Biodiversity Journal v. 11: e101095; ref. 40224] Tsitsmatiant Psha, right tributary of the Alazani River, near the Telavi-Eniseli connecting bridge, Western Caspian Sea basin, Kakheti Region, Georgia, 41.988808N, 45.577726E. Holotype: HID-ISU SCCBO130-22. Paratypes: HID-ISU (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Current status: Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Alazani River drainage, South Caucasus Region, Georgia. Habitat: freshwater.

bogdanowi, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:267 [77], Fig. 1 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytateley. Otdel Zoologii i Fiziologii / Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg v. 5; ref. 18397] Caspian sea at Makhachkala [Petrovsk], Russia. Syntypes: (2) ZIN 10902 (1). •Valid as Neogobius bogdanowi (Kessler 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:357 [ref. 27348]). •Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cephalargoides, Neogobius Pinchuk [V. I.] 1976:606 [548] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 16 (no. 4) (art. 99); ref. 8674] Black Sea. Holotype: ZIN 2134 (129 mm TL). Paratypes:ZIN 2134 (94 mm TL). Additional material: ZIN 37280-82 (3, 2, 10), 40009 (8); ZMMU P-10967-68, P-10973, P-11554-56, P-12897-12904, P-12927. On p. 548 of English translation. •Valid as Neogobius cephalargoides Pinchuk 1976 -- (Pinchuk et al. 2003:181 [ref. 27346], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2007:160 [ref. 30517]). •Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129], Manilo 2020:69 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[14] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Black Sea; Sea of Azov. Habitat: brackish, marine.

constructor, Gobius Nordmann [A. von] 1840:427, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Black Sea, rapid torrents in Abasie, Drandarium, Ghouriel. Syntypes: ?MNHN A-1196 (1) from Abasie, ZMB 2096 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958] as Gobius constructor. •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gobius constructor Nordmann 1840, but a valid subspecies -- (Michajlova 1989:25 [ref. 20062]). •In part a synonym of Neogobius rhodioni Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591]). •See also Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608]. •Synonym of Neogobius rhodioni Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994 -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:370 [ref. 27347]). •Valid as Neogobius constructor (Nordmann 1840) -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994:747 [ref. 22082], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:193 [ref. 27347], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Kovačić & Engín 2008:79 [ref. 29624], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:577 [ref. 29996], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251]). •Valid as Ponticola constructor (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Bayçelebi et al. 2015:792 [ref. 41410], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:432 [ref. 40625], Epitashvili et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40224], Çiçek et al. 2024:310 [ref. 40789], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[14] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola constructor (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: eastern Black Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater.

cyrius, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:273 [83] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytateley. Otdel Zoologii i Fiziologii / Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg v. 5; ref. 18397] Kura River near Borzhomi, Georgia, Eurasia. Syntypes: ZIN 2235 (3). •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1088 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814) -- (Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999]). •Mention -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702]). •Valid as Neogobius cyrius (Kessler 1874) -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994:747 [ref. 22082], Ahnelt & Holčík 1996:103 [ref. 24708], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:203 [ref. 27347], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kovačić & Engín 2008:79 [ref. 29624]). •Valid as Ponticola cyrius (Kessler 1874) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Vasil'eva et al. 2015:196 [ref. 33862], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Kaya et al. 2020:340 [ref. 37582], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Eagderi et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37931], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:423 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2023:432 [ref. 40625], Epitashvili et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40224], Çiçek et al. 2024:310 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola cyrius (Kessler 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

eurycephalus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:281 [91] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytateley. Otdel Zoologii i Fiziologii / Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg v. 5; ref. 18397] Enikale near Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine. Lectotype: ZIN 2234. Paralectotypes: ZIN 2219 (1). On p. 91 of separate. Lectotype selected by Pinchuk 1977:588 [ref. 8999]. •Questionably a synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies -- (Pinchuk 1977:588 [ref. 8999], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702]). •Valid as Neogobius eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1059 [ref. 13677], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:138 [ref. 23591], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:134 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:578 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:161 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737]). •Valid as Ponticola eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Medvedev et al. 2013:705 [ref. 35208], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:28 [ref. 36599], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Manilo 2020:70 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:432 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:310 [ref. 40789], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[14] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola eurycephalus (Kessler 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea basin and Sea of Azov. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

eurystomus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:22, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Southern Caspian Sea, 40°07'N, 0°05'E, depth 56-105 feet [8-15 Russian fathoms]. Syntypes: (20) BMNH 1897.7.5.8-9 (2); ZIN 10904-05 (1, 2); ?NMW 29176 (1). •Synonym of Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840), but a valid subspecies eurystomus Kessler 1877 -- (Berg 1949:1089 [ref. 20662], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:277 [ref. 37748]). •Synonym of Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27348]). •Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391] as a valid subspecies, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062] as a valid subspecies, Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089] possibly as a valid subspecies, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

goebelii, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:249 [59] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytateley. Otdel Zoologii i Fiziologii / Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg v. 5; ref. 18397] Baku, Azerbaijan. Syntypes: (3) NMW 33910 (1), ZIN 2229-30 (1, 1). •Synonym of Neogobius ratan (Nordmann 1840), but a valid subspecies goebelii -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1064 [ref. 13677] as gobebeli, Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:357 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva et al. 2015:196 [ref. 33862]). •Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487]). •Valid as Ponticola goebelii (Kessler 1874) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:178 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:311 [ref. 40789], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[14] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola goebelii (Kessler 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gorlap, Neogobius kessleri Iljin [B. S.] in Berg 1949:1091 [Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries No. 30; ref. 20662] Caspian Sea and tributary rivers. Syntypes: not at ZIN. •Synonym of Neogobius kessleri (Günther 1861), but a valid subspecies gorlap Iljin 1949 -- (Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1062 [ref. 13677], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:278 [ref. 37748], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702]). •Treated as a nomen nudum in part and in the synonymy of Neogobius iljini Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1996 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:139 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Neogobius gorlap Iljin 1949 -- (Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:253 [ref. 27347], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:230 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:579 [ref. 29996]). •Valid as Ponticola gorlap (Iljin 1949) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391], Medvedev et al. 2013:705 [ref. 35208], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:498 [ref. 33547], Vasil'eva et al. 2015:196 [ref. 33862], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Eagderi et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37931], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:241 [ref. 37983], Kvach et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38595], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262], Zarei et al. 2022:423 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:178 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:311 [ref. 40789], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[14] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola gorlap (Iljin 1949). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Introduced elsewhere in eastern Europe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

hircaniaensis, Ponticola Zarei [F.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Kovačić [M.], Schliewen [U. K.] & Abbasi [K.] 2022:408, Figs. 1, 5-7a-d [Zootaxa 5154 (no. 4); ref. 39354] Kaboudval stream, Golestan Province, Iran, 36°53'11.0"N, 54°53'37.8"E. Holotype: ZM-CBSU S101-6. Paratypes: ZM-CBSU. •Valid as Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovačić, Schliewen & Abbasi 2022 -- (Zarei et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:312 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovačić, Schliewen & Abbasi 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Middle East: Kaboudval stream, Golestan Province (Iran). IUCN: Critically endangered. Habitat: freshwater.

hybridus, Gobius Iljin [B. S.] (ex Kessler) 1956:190 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 7; ref. 18324] Not available, museum name mentioned in passing in synoymy, from Kertch, Ukraine; subsequent publication in an available way not researched. •In the synonymy of Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952]). •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:446 [ref. 38603]). •In the synonymy of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

iljini, Neogobius Vasil'eva [E. D.] & Vasil'ev [V. P.] 1996:264, Fig. 1 [Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Biologica v. 39 [1995]; ref. 23071] Mangyshlak region, Caspian Sea, Mangystausskaya Obl., Kazakhstan. Holotype: ZMMU P-19726. Paratypes: ZMMU P-4643 (3); plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:84 [ref. 25714]. Unneeded replacement name for Neogobius kessleri gorlap Iljin in Berg 1949. •Neogobius gorlap regarded as a nomen nudum -- (Vasil'eva 1998:139 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Neogobius iljini Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1996 -- (Ahnelt & Holčík 1996:106 [ref. 24708], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:139 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869]). •Synonym of Neogobius gorlap Iljin 1949 -- (Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:253 [ref. 27347], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:230 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:580 [ref. 29996]). •Synonym of Ponticola gorlap (Iljin 1949) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391], Parin et al. 2014:498 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Ponticola iljini (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1996) -- (Vasil'eva et al. 2016:8 [ref. 34347], Zarei et al. 2022:425 [ref. 39354], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola iljini Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: northern Caspian Sea basin Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

iranicus, Ponticola Vasil'eva [E. D.], Mousavi-Sabet [H.] & Vasil'ev [V. P.] 2015:191, Figs. 2-4 [Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria v. 45 (no. 2); ref. 33862] Upper Sefid-Rud River basin, Tutkabon Stream, Iran, 36°50.756'N, 49°35.021'E. Holotype: ZMMU P-23677. Paratypes: ZMMU. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Ponticola iranicus Vasil'eva, Mousavi-Sabet & Vasil'ev 2015 -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Eagderi et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37931], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262], Zarei et al. 2022:423 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39602], Zarei et al. 2022:180 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:312 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola iranicus Vasil'eva, Mousavi-Sabet & Vasil'ev 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Middle East: southern Caspian Sea basin (Iran) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

kessleri, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:553 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Dniester River, Ukraine. Lectotype: ZIN 2107. Paralectotypes and/or Kessler material: NMW 29446, 3067 (1), 30552-53 (2); ZIN 2107a (1, lost), 2109 (1). Replacement name for Gobius platycephalus Kessler 1857, preoccupied twice in same family. Lectotype selected by Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999]. •Valid as Muellerigobius kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Mihalcescu & Nalbant 2000:181 [ref. 26618]). •Valid as Neogobius kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Berg 1949:1090 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1062 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Ahnelt et al. 1998:666 [ref. 23709], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2001:217 [ref. 25591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:[2] 914 [ref. 27148], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:280 [ref. 27347], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:183 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533], Kovačić & Engín 2008:74 [ref. 29624], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:581 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:165 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737]). •Valid as Ponticola kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Medvedev et al. 2013:705 [ref. 35208], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:499 [ref. 33547], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Ćaleta et al. 2019:183 [ref. 37026], Manilo 2020:70 [ref. 37795], Tutman et al. 2020:8 [ref. 38008], Kvach et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38595], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Gaye-Siessegger et al. 2022:207 [ref. 40017], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Ponticola kessleri (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: rivers of the Black Sea basin. Introduced elsewhere in Europe (including eastern Baltic Sea). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

odessicus, Neogobius platyrostris Pinchuk [V. I.] 1977:589 [519] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 8999] Black Sea near Odessa, Ukraine. Holotype: ZIN 2090 (142 mm). Paratypes: ZIN 2090a (1). Additional material ZIN 37272, 37891, 39174-76, 40006; ZMMU P-10965, P-11547-48, P-12885-88, P-12929. On p. 519 of English translation. •Synonym of Neogobius eurycephalus (Kessler 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1060 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:138 [ref. 23591]). •Synonymn of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Neogobius eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Pinchuk et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487]). •Valid as Ponticola odessicus (Pinchuk 1877) -- (Parin et al. 2014:499 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola odessicus (Pinchuk 1977). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Black Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

patimari, Ponticola Eagderi [S.], Nikmehr [N.] & Poorbagher [H.] 2020:25, Figs. 2-4 [FishTaxa v. 17; ref. 37931] Kheirud River at Najar-deh Village, Caspian Sea basin, Mazandaran province, Iran, 36°36'46"N, 51°34'03"E. Holotype: IMNRF-UT 1088. Paratypes: IMNRF-UT 1087 (8). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Ponticola patimari Eagderi, Nikmehr & Poorbagher 2020 -- (Zarei et al. 2022:423 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39602], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:180 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:313 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola patimari Eagderi, Nikmehr & Poorbagher 2020. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Middle East: Kheirud, Chalous and Tonekabon River drainages, southern Caspian Sea basin (Iran) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

platycephalus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1857:468 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 30 (pt 2); ref. 18390] Dniester River, its tributaries and southern Bug River, Ukraine. Lectotype: ZIN 2107 (123 mm female). Paralectotypes: ZIN 2107a (1, 109 mm male). Additional material: NMW 29446, 3067 (1), 30552-53 (2); ZIN 2097 (?), 2109 (1), 13920 (1), 15394a (1), 37286 (1). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius platycephalus Richardson 1846 and Peters 1852, replaced by Gobius kessleri Günther 1861. Lectotype selected by Pinchuk 1977. •Synonym of Neogobius kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:280 [ref. 27347]). •Synonym of Ponticola kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:499 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ponticola kessleri (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

platyrostris, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:154 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Karadag, Crimea. Original: Feodosiya [Feodosia], Ukraine. Neotype: ZIN 37261. Neotype designated by Pinchuk 1977:587 [ref. 8999]. •Valid as Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1089 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:504 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:587 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1063 [ref. 13677], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Pinchuk et al. 2003:346 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:183 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:166 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Engín 2008:74 [ref. 29624], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576]). •See also Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608]. •See Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702]. •Valid as Ponticola platyrostris (Pallas 1814) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:500 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Manilo 2020:70 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola platyrostris (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater.

ratan, Gobius Nordmann [A. von] 1840:416, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Odessa, Ukraine. Syntypes: MNHN A-1125 (2), ZMB 2098 (1?). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:39 [ref. 19958]. Gobius rotan is a misspelling. •Valid as Neogobius ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Berg 1949:1086 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:504 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1064 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:134 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk et al. 2003:357 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:167 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576]). •Valid as Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:501 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Kaya et al. 2020:328 [ref. 37582], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37983], Manilo 2020:70 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:433 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:313 [ref. 40789], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Caspian Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

rhodioni, Neogobius Vasil'eva [E. D.] & Vasil'ev [V. P.] 1994:753, Figs 4-5 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 34 (no. 6); ref. 22082] Agoy River at Agoy village, Caucasus region. Holotype: ZMMU P-19238. Paratypes: ZMMU P-19239 (8). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:84 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Neogobius rhodioni Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:370 [ref. 27347], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Kovačić & Engín 2008:79 [ref. 29624]). •Synonym of Neogobius constructor (Nordman 1840) -- (Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533]). •Valid as Ponticola rhodioni (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola rhodioni (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: rivers flowing into the Black Sea in the Caucasus region. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

rizensis, Neogobius Kovačić [M.] & Engin [S.] 2008:74, Figs. 2-3 [Cybium v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 29624] Rize, the Iyidere stream, northeastern Turkey. Holotype: FFR 1014. Paratypes: FFR 1015 (1), 1016 (2); PRM VP1456 (1). Type catalog: Kaya et al. 2021:438 [ref. 38688]. •Valid as Ponticola rizensis (Kovačić & Engi 2008) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36267], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:433 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:314 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola rizensis (Kovačić & Engin 2008). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Black Sea tributary, Rize Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.

syrman, Gobius Nordmann [A. von] 1840:419, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Odessa, Ukraine; Kryni, Ukraine. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1872.5.30.35 (1) Odessa; MNHN A-1126 (1) Odessa, NMW 30099 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:40 [ref. 19958]. Pinchuk 1976:546 [ref. 8674] designated the specimen figured by Nordmann as the lectotype (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Berg 1949:1089 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1065 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:134 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:583 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:168 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Kaya et al. 2020:328 [ref. 37582]). •Valid as Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Esmaeili et al. 2010:378 [ref. 33391], Medvedev et al. 2013:705 [ref. 35208], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:501 [ref. 33547], Vasil'eva et al. 2015:196 [ref. 33862], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Manilo 2020:71 [ref. 37795], Eagderi et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37931], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37983], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262], Zarei et al. 2022:423 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39602], Zarei et al. 2022:181 [ref. 39576], Epitashvili et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40224], Çiçek et al. 2024:314 [ref. 40789], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571], Vasil'eva et al. 2025:[15] [ref. 42434]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black, Azov and Caspian Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

trautvetteri, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1859:244 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 18391] Lower Bug River and lower Dniester River, Ukraine. Syntypes: NMW 30125 (1), ?30127 (1); none at ZIN. Also appeared in Kessler 1860:63, 247, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [ref. 18393]. •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Parin et al. 2014:501 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

turani, Neogobius Kovačić [M.] & Engin [S.] 2008:77, Figs. 4-5 [Cybium v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 29624] Giresun, Aksu stream, northeastern Turkey. Holotype: FFR 1017. Paratypes: FFR 1018 (1), PMR VP1457 (1). Type catalog: Kaya et al. 2021:439 [ref. 38688]. •Valid as Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engin 2008.) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36267], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Yogurtçuoglu et al. 2020:[15] [ref. 37627], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:433 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:314 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engin 2008). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Black Sea tributary, Giresun Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.

weidemanni, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:275 [85] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytateley. Otdel Zoologii i Fiziologii / Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg v. 5; ref. 18397] Transcaucasia (no other data). Syntypes: ZIN 2224 (2). •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814), subspecies constructor (Nordmann 1840) -- (Berg 1949:1088 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius kessleri (Günther 1861) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608] as weidemani). •Synonym of Neogobius cyrius (Kessler 1874) -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:203 [ref. 27347]). •Synnonum of Ponticola cyrius (Kessler 1874) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2024:310 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola cyrius (Kessler 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.