cephalarges, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:155 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Feodosiya [Feodosia], Crimea, Ukraine. No types known. •Valid as Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1058 [ref. 13677], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737]). •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:134 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:494 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.