esocinus, Gobio Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:196, Pl. 99 (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 2478. Paralectotypes: RMNH 36376 (9), ZMB 3306 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 2001:330 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:155 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Kuroda 1953:275 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:439 [ref. 6363], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:56 [ref. 6441], Naseka 1996:162 [ref. 22943], Kim 1997:226 [ref. 24032], Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Sato et al. 1998:32 [ref. 24972], Kim & Park 2002:132 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:158, 509 [ref. 26218], Cao et al. 2017:628 [ref. 36461]). •Valid as Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:314 [ref. 25598], Sato 1995:50 [ref. 25531], Nakabo 2000:269 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:105 [ref. 26000], Nakabo 2002:269 [ref. 26001], Jang et al. 2003:119 [ref. 27681], Tominaga & Kawase 2019:[13] [ref. 36681], Saiki et al. 2023:69 [ref. 40766]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Gobionidae. Distribution: East Asia: Kyushu, Shikoku and western Honshu (Japan). Introduced in other parts of Japan. Habitat: freshwater.