elongatus, Gobius Canestrini [G.] 1862:150, Pl. 8 (figs. 5-5d) [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 1 (no. 2) (for 1861); ref. 17322] Gulf of Genoa, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (4) MSNG 12646 (1, plus 3 in different condition). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:343 [ref. 10350]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius elongatus Cuvier 1816. The name elongatus Canestrini should not be used. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770), [incorrectly] as a valid subspecies -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1074 [ref. 13677], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:183 [ref. 28369]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770) -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 2003:S52 [ref. 28444], Fricke et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29533], Parin et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33547]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.