xanthocephalus, Gobius Heymer [A.] & Zander [C. D.] 1992:305, Figs. 3, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B. [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 119 (no. 2); ref. 21367] Ile Grosse, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: ZMH H 7328. Paratypes: ZMH H 6195 (2). •Valid as Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander 1992 -- (Almeida & Arruda 1998:205 [ref. 24958], Kovačić & Miller 2000:235 [ref. 25014], Vasil'eva & Bogorodskii 2004:605 [ref. 27868], Herler et al. 2005:1065 [ref. 28118], Vasil'eva 2007:157 [ref. 30517], Villegas-Ríos & Bañón 2010:311 [ref. 30992], Bañon et al. 2010:20 [ref. 31029], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:182 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Manilo 2020:74 [ref. 37795], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Carballo et al. 2021:110 [ref. 39250], Dalyan & Kesici 2021:647 [ref. 38798], Iglésias et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38136], Kovačić et al. 2021:41 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:181 [ref. 38603], Gus'kov et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39564], Kovačić et al. 2022: 65 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:203 [ref. 39288], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander 1992. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Portugal, including Madeira (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain). Habitat: marine.