cephalargoides, Neogobius Pinchuk [V. I.] 1976:606 [548] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 16 (no. 4) (art. 99); ref. 8674] Black Sea. Holotype: ZIN 2134 (129 mm TL). Paratypes:ZIN 2134 (94 mm TL). Additional material: ZIN 37280-82 (3, 2, 10), 40009 (8); ZMMU P-10967-68, P-10973, P-11554-56, P-12897-12904, P-12927. On p. 548 of English translation. •Valid as Neogobius cephalargoides Pinchuk 1976 -- (Pinchuk et al. 2003:181 [ref. 27346], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2007:160 [ref. 30517]). •Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129], Manilo 2020:69 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Black Sea; Sea of Azov. Habitat: brackish, marine.