pontica, Gobius jozo var. Kessler [K. F.] 1859:255, 256 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 18391] Odessa and coast of Crimea, Ukraine, Black Sea. Syntypes: none found at ZIN. Also in Kessler 1860:169 [ref. 18393]. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.