geniporus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:32 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0202 (1), A-1364 (1), A-1365 (1), A-1438 (1); ZMB 2041 [ex MNHN] (3) Naples. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:32 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1041 [ref. 13677], Golani 1996:28 [ref. 22271], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:131 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Kovačić & Golani 2008:420 [ref. 33214], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2011:249 [ref. 32868], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Bariche & Fricke 2020:70 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Iglésias et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38136], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:177 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 57 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:116 [ref. 39288], Saad et al. 2022:60 [ref. 39432]). Current status: Valid as Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; northeastern Atlantic: adjacent Portugal. Habitat: marine.