gobio, Cottus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:265 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Stream Freudenbach at Lockstädt, 53°12'N, 12°01'E, lower Elbe River drainage, Germany. Neotype: NRM 51803. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:38 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. For a discussion of the types and neotype designation see Freyhof et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28259]. •Valid as Cottus gobio Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:63 [ref. 39336], Berg 1949:1145 [ref. 20662], Neelov 1973:593 [ref. 7219], Sideleva 1982:81 [ref. 14469], Fedorov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1247 [ref. 13677], Lelek 1987:274 [ref. 22962], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:281 [ref. 37748], Mrakovcic et al. 1995:184 [ref. 23079], Chereshnev 1996:606 [ref. 24659], Kottelat 1997:169 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:758 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:151 [ref. 23595], Fricke 1999:38 [ref. 24101], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Parin et al. 2002:S73 [ref. 28300], Hanel 2003:61 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:186 [ref. 28183], Freyhof et al. 2005:124 [ref. 28259], Hanel & Lusk 2005:337 [ref. 28804], Fricke 2007:26 [ref. 30577], Shedko & Miroshnichenko 2007:24 [ref. 29369], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:508 [ref. 29996], Sideleva 2009:210 [ref. 30173], Bianco 2013:10 [ref. 32897], Goto et al. 2014:[10] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:243 [ref. 33547], Sideleva et al. 2015:430 [ref. 33770], Sideleva et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36393], Ćaleta et al. 2019:186 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Dyldin et al. 2020:106 [ref. 37569], Bravničar et al. 2021: [2] 429 [ref. 38624], Young et al. 2022:329 [ref. 39356], Sideleva et al. 2022:41 [ref. 39468], Nagy et al. 2023:358 [ref. 40348], Shumka et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40747], Sideleva & Shidkov 2024:492 [ref. 41080]). Current status: Valid as Cottus gobio Linnaeus 1758. Cottidae. Distribution: Western and northern Europe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.