macropterus, Gobio Kamensky [S. N.] 1901:10 [German p. 146] [Die Cypriniden der Kaukasusländer und ihrer angrenzenden Meere. 2.; ref. 14761] Caucasus. Syntypes: (14) ZMT and Kharkov Univ. •Synonym of Gobio persus Günther 1899 -- (Berg 1949:656 [ref. 20661], Coad 1995:17 [ref. 23608], Naseka et al. 1999:163 [ref. 24852]). •Synonym of Romanogobio persus (Günther 1899), but a valid subspecies -- (Naseka & Bogutskaya 1998:180 [ref. 23783]). •Valid as Romanogobio macropterus (Kamensky 1901) -- (Naseka & Freyhof 2004:18 [ref. 27663], Esmaeili et al. 2010:371 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:879 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:145 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:35 [ref. 36089], Coad 2019:11 [ref. 36775], Çiçek et al. 2020:249 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37983], Kaya et al. 2020:332 [ref. 37582], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Çiçek et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:193 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Romanogobio macropterus (Kamensky 1901). Gobionidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins. Habitat: freshwater.