taenigena, Rhinogobius Chen [I-S.], Kottelat [M.] & Miller [P. J.] 1999:29, Figs. 8, 12, 16 [Zoological Studies v. 38 (1); ref. 23908] Xe Bang Hiang drainage, Xe Pon between rapids upstream and downstream of Ban Fuang, 16°37'06"N, 106°33'30"E, Savannakhet Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 45293. Paratypes: CMK 13750 (1). •Valid as Pseudorhinogobius taenigena (Chen, Kottelat & Miller 1999) -- (Endruweit 2024:146 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Rhinogobius taenigena Chen, Kottelat & Miller 1999 -- (Kottelat 2001:158 [ref. 25780], Chen et al. 2008:341 [ref. 29895], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2016:[8] [ref. 34339], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[2] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:364 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:441 [ref. 39830], Maeda et al. 2024:523 [ref. 41367]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius taenigena Chen, Kottelat & Miller 1999. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: middle Mekong and Song Huong River basins (southern Laos and central Vietnam). Habitat: freshwater.