microps, Gobius Krøyer [H. N.] 1838:416 [Danmarks Fiske; ref. 18437] Hirtsholmene, northern Kattegat, Denmark. Holotype (unique): ZMUC 72. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:79 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer 1838) -- (Miller 1973:508 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1073 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:381 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:944 [ref. 19376], Ahnelt 1991:54 [ref. 19120], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:144 [ref. 23591], Falcón et al. 2003:146 [ref. 39343], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:293 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:327 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:233 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:183 [ref. 28369], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:587 [ref. 29996], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618] as Pomatoschiostus microps, Engin & Innal 2017:7 [ref. 35516], Engin & Seyhan 2017:5 [ref. 35597], Thacker et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 36082], Carneiro et al. 2019:183 [ref. 37250], Berrebi & Trébuchon 2020:360 [ref. 39845], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Tutman et al. 2020:7 [ref. 38008], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:343 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 77 [ref. 39303], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer 1838). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; western Mediterranean Sea (rare); eastern Atlantic: Trondheimfiord (Norway) south to northern Morocco. Hybridizes with Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Risso 1810). Habitat: brackish, marine.