willdenowi, Lepadogaster Risso [A.] 1810:75, Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Cagnes-sur-mer, Nice, France, 43°39'22.1"N, 7°10'25.3"E [Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea]. Neotype: PMR VP4574. Appeared in text as "4. L. Willdenow. N. L. Willdenowi" Spelled Wildenowii in index; first reviser not researched; wildenowi seems to be common in the literature. Neotype designated by Wagner et al. 2020:19 [ref. 37868]. •Valid as Gouania willdenowi (Risso 1810) -- (Briggs 1955:23 [ref. 637] as wildenowi Briggs 1973:653 [ref. 7222] as wildenowi, Hofrichter 1995:103 [ref. 30502] as wildenowi, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:56 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:100 [ref. 29533], Almada et al. 2008:1154 [ref. 29550], Golani 2005:27 [ref. 37112] as wildenowi, Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649] as wildenowi, Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Kovačić & Schembri 2019:289 [ref. 36757] as wildenowi, Wagner et al. 2019:2 [ref. 36765], Bariche & Fricke 2020:48 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37519] as wildenowi, Wagner et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37868], Golani 2021:30 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:55 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Gouania willdenowi (Risso 1810). Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea: east to Messina (Sicily, Italy). In eastern Mediterranean replaced by Gouania hofrichteri Wagner, Kovačić & Koblmüller 2020. Habitat: marine.