melanio, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:157 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Shores of Crimea, Black Sea, Ukraine. No types known. •Synonym of Gobius melanostomus Pallas 1814 -- (Kner 1864:76 [ref. 39513]). •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1083 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:140 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], 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.