platyrostris, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:154 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Karadag, Crimea. Original: Feodosiya [Feodosia], Ukraine. Neotype: ZIN 37261. Neotype designated by Pinchuk 1977:587 [ref. 8999]. •Valid as Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1089 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:504 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:587 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1063 [ref. 13677], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Pinchuk et al. 2003:346 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:183 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:166 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Engín 2008:74 [ref. 29624], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576]). •See also Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608]. •See Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702]. •Valid as Ponticola platyrostris (Pallas 1814) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:500 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Manilo 2020:70 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola platyrostris (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater.