russus, Gobius Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1168 [186] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.5731 (2 half skins). On p. 186 of separate. •Valid as Cryptocentrus russus (Cantor 1849) -- (Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532] dated 1850). •Valid as Flabelligobius russus (Cantor 1949) -- (Shibukawa et al. 2005:196 [ref. 28614], Larson et al. 2013:197 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor 1849) -- (Randall & Chen 2007:655 [ref. 29392], Allen & Erdmann 2012:885 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:79 [ref. 33923], Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210], Prokofiev 2016:650 [ref. 35020] as ex gr. russus, Allen et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36213], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:268 [ref. 36460]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Yaeyama Islands. Habitat: marine.