minutus, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] (ex Gronovius) 1770:4 [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Belgian Sea. No types known. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:48 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]; also with authorship as Gronovius in Pallas [which is incorrect]. •Valid as Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770) -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1074 [ref. 13677], Hamerlynck 1990:724 [ref. 36238], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:144 [ref. 23591], Fricke 1999:48 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S52 [ref. 28444], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:13 [ref. 27637], Huyse et al. 2004:327 [ref. 27956], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:282 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:233 [ref. 28183], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:586 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:170 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33547], Engin & Innal 2017:7 [ref. 35516], Engin & Seyhan 2017:5 [ref. 35597], Thacker et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 36082], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:184 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:76 [ref. 37795], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:344 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 79 [ref. 39303], Niță et al. 2022:80 [ref. 40471], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; northern Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Gibraltar. Habitat: brackish, marine.