banaticus, Gobio kessleri natio Bănărescu [P. M.] 1960:121 [Archiv für Hydrobiologie v. 57 (nos 1/2); ref. 22995] Bega River at Timisoara, Romania. Holotype: MGAB 49913. Paratypes: AMNH 20662 (5); ANSP 82475 (5), 98971 (20), 142262 (12); CAS-SU 62182 (5); CAS 48117 (5); BMNH 1957.12.9.243-257 (15); FMNH 63801 (12), 96016 (10); MSNG 37576 (2); SMNS 15255 (5); UMMZ 185008 (15); USNM 190203 (10); ZMH 6089 (1); ZMUC P26698-703 (6). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:187 [ref. 10343], Nielsen 1974:49 [ref. 9588], Böhlke 1984:69 [ref. 13621], Mihai-Bardan 1984:456 [ref. 21542], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:41 [ref. 12367], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:412 [ref. 21161], Fricke 1995:11 [ref. 28100] on 1853. Fricke 2005:32 [ref. 29864]. Described as a natio; not available, infrasubspecific in Bănărescu 1953:318, fig. 3 [ref. 12409]. Available as above with same specimens as in Bănărescu 1953. •Synonym of Gobio kesslerii Dybowski 1862, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Lelek 1987:194 [ref. 22962] as kessleri, Bănărescu 1999:135, 152 [ref. 24846] as kessleri). •Synonym of Gobio kesslerii Dybowski 1862 -- (Kottelat 1997:62 [ref. 22952]). •Possibly a synonym of Romanogobio carpathorossicus (Vladykov 1925) -- (Friedrich et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35869]). •Valid as Romanogobio banaticus (Bănărescu 1960) -- (Naseka & Freyhof 2004:18 [ref. 27663], Bogutskaya et al. 2019:110 [ref. 36545], Bănăduc et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40734]). Current status: Valid as Romanogobio banaticus (Bănărescu 1960). Gobionidae. Distribution: Eastern Europe: Romania. Habitat: freshwater.