quadrimaculatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:44 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0199. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:38 [ref. 19958]. Nomen protectum according to Parenti 2021:314 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:494 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1032 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:930 [ref. 19376], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:7 [ref. 27637], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:70 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:314 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 50 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40491]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Mauritania. Habitat: marine.