linearis, Gobius Düben [M. W. von] 1845:111 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 1 (1844); ref. 17421] Bergen, Norway, eastern North Atlantic. No types known. Later named Gobius nilssoni. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:47 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Crystallogobius linearis (Düben 1845) -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1031 [ref. 13677], Fricke 1999:47 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:102 [ref. 29533], Giovannoti et al. 2007:722 [ref. 39878], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:480 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:309 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 48 [ref. 39303]). Current status: Valid as Crystallogobius linearis (Düben 1845). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; eastern North Atlantic: Norway south to Gibraltar, including Madeira. Habitat: marine.