vermiculatus, Rhinogobius Chen [I-S.] & Kottelat [M.] 2003:90, Figs. 3, 6, 9 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 51 (no. 1); ref. 27103] Houay Tangoua, small stream entering Nam Xam in Ban Houtangour, 20°09'24"N, 104°32'50"E, Houaphan Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 46583. Paratypes: CMK 15321 (4), LARReC uncat. (2), NMMBA 464 (2), ZRC 47676 (2). Appeared first in Kottelat 2001: 62 [ref. 25482] and in Kottelat 2001:158 [ref. 25780] as nomen nudum. •Valid as Zhuquella vermiculata (Chen & Kottelat 2003) -- (Endruweit 2024:189 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Rhinogobius vermiculatus Chen & Kottelat 2003 -- (Chen & Kottelat 2003:91 [ref. 27103], 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]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius vermiculatus Chen & Kottelat 2003. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Nam Xam River drainage (Laos); expected in Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.