leavelli, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:396 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 14 (no. 3); ref. 10993] Hill streams around Wuchow, Kwangsi Province, China. Holotype: CAS-SU 29077 (1 of 55). Paratypes: (60) FMNH 47389 (6), CAS-SU 29077 (54 of 55), ZMH H414 [ex 17237] (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:150 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291], Ladiges et al. 1958:166 [ref. 19181] as laevelli, Ibarra & Stewart 1987:29 [ref. 12367], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161] as laevelli. •Synonym of Ctenogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Zheng 1989:349 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:483 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Sinogobius leavelli (Herre 1935) -- (Endruweit 2024:161 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Rhinogobius leavelli (Herre 1935) -- (Kottelat 2001:61 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:157 [ref. 25780], Chen et al. 2002:269 [ref. 25989], Chen & Kottelat 2005:1427 [ref. 28141], Huang & Chen 2007:102 [ref. 29017], Chen & Miller 2008:231 [ref. 29935], Li & Zhong 2009:330 [ref. 30205], Kottelat 2013:425 [ref. 32989], Chen & Miller 2014:128 [ref. 33160], Zhang et al. 2016:204 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Li et al. 2018:6 [ref. 35989], Endruweit 2018:307 [ref. 36165], Guo 2021:875 [ref. 38618], Parenti 2021:358 [ref. 38603], Chen et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39616], Maeda et al. 2024:528 [ref. 41367], Li et al. 2024:191 [ref. 41433]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius leavelli (Herre 1935). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Pearl River basin and Hainan (southeastern China, Laos and central Vietnam). Habitat: freshwater.