trautvetteri, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1859:244 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 18391] Lower Bug River and lower Dniester River, Ukraine. Syntypes: NMW 30125 (1), ?30127 (1); none at ZIN. Also appeared in Kessler 1860:63, 247, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [ref. 18393]. •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Parin et al. 2014:501 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola syrman (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.