cervicosquamus, Ctenogobius Wu [H.-L.], Lu & Ni [Y.] in Wu & Ni 1986:291 [English p. 292], Fig. 167 [The freshwater and estuarine fishes of Hainan Island; ref. 20214] Changhua River, Qiongzhong, China. Holotype: Pearl River Fish. Res. Inst. HN 833124. Paratypes: HN 830574-76 (3), 831949 (1), 833116-19 (4), 833124 (1), 833130 (1), 833132-33 (1, 1), 833037 (1). •Valid as Ctenogobius cervicosquamus Wu, Lu & Ni 1986 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:485 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:182 [ref. 25213]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius leavelli (Herre 1935) -- (Kottelat 2013:425 [ref. 32989] with question, Suzuki et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35202], Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius leavelli (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.