crassispina, Gunellus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:139 [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 1781. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:119 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Enedrias crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Yatsu 1981:175 [ref. 4814], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:303 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Pholis crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Nakabo 2000:1056 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1056 [ref. 26193], Yatsu 1985:281 [ref. 5149], Choi et al. 2003:381, 644 [ref. 26218], Hagiwara 2003:37 [ref. 27188], Mecklenburg 2003:3 [ref. 27299], Radchenko et al. 2010:736 [ref. 32451], Parin et al. 2014:454 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:183 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:159 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:96 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:853 [ref. 38925]). Current status: Valid as Pholis crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Pholidae: Pholinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: around Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu Islands, Korean Peninsula, and Yellow Sea to Gulf of Pohai (Bo Hai, Chihli), China. Habitat: brackish, marine.