criniger, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:82 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1348 (1, main specimen) Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; MNHN A-1350 (1) Malabar, India. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratype. •Valid as Rhinogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888]). •Valid as Ctenogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Geevarghese & John 1982:660 [ref. 8476], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:295 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Valid as Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:254 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:571 [ref. 25598], Rema Devi 1993:173 [ref. 24020], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Takahashi & Okamoto 2000:6 [ref. 24464], Nakabo 2000:1205 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:120 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1205 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:292 [ref. 36495]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.