nagoyae, Rhinogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:147, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 30 (no. 1445); ref. 2496] Nagoya, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 9262. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:116 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Rhinogobius nagoyae Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:698 [ref. 31734], Zhang et al. 2016:205 [ref. 34477], Koeda et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35333], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Suzuki et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37412]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius nagoyae Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.