Species that contain: Ctenogobius and similis [ 9 ] records

aestivaregia, Rhinogobius Mori [T.] 1934:56, Pl. 21 (figs. 3a-3b) [Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo, Tokyo, Sec. 5, Zoology Pt 1; ref. 3042] Summer Palace, Jehol, Manchouko, China. Holotype: lost. Additional material or paratypes: (4, lost). Types lost, Endruweit 2024:165 [ref. 41040]. •Valid as Ctenogobius aestivaregia (Mori 1934) -- (Zhu 1995:183 [ref. 25213]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363] as aestivarengia). •Synonym of Sinogobius fukushimai (Mori 1934) -- (Endruweit 2024:165 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934 -- (Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bedfordi, Ctenogobius Regan [C. T.] 1908:62, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 4 Feb. 1908); ref. 14334] Chong-ju, South Korea. Syntypes: BMNH 1907.12.30.42-46 (2, plus smaller non-types, lost). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Kim 1997:584 [ref. 24032], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Choi et al. 2003:664 [ref. 26218], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Rhinogobius bedfordi (Regan 1908) -- (Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Suzuki et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37412]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius bedfordi (Regan 1908). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

candidianus, Ctenogobius Regan [C. T.] 1908:153 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 1 (no. 2) (art. 24); ref. 14338] Lake Candidius, Taiwan. Syntypes: (10) BMNH 1908.5.27.29-33 (5), SMNS 4380 (5 of 13). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363] as candidius). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591] as candidius). •Valid as Rhinogobius candidianus (Regan 1908) -- (Chen & Shao 1996:206 [ref. 22202], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Chen et al. 2022:40 [ref. 39617]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius candidianus (Regan 1908). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

fukushimai, Rhinogobius Mori [T.] 1934:55, Pl. 21 (fig. 2) [Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo, Tokyo, Sec. 5, Zoology Pt 1; ref. 3042] Pei-ho River at Ko peiKu, Jehol, China. Holotype: lost. Additional material: (1, lost). Types lost, Endruweit 2024:165 [ref. 41040]. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Ctenogobius fukushimai (Mori 1934) -- (Zhu 1995:183 [ref. 25213]). •Valid as Sinogobius fukushimai (Mori 1934) -- (Endruweit 2024:165 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:203 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: middle and lower Yellow River basin and coastal rivers, Shaanxi, Shandong and Hebei Provinces, China. Habitat: freshwater.

giurinus, Gobius Rutter [C. L.] 1897:86 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 49; ref. 12329] Swatow, Shantou, coast of southeastern China. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 4990. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:146 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113-114 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobius giurinus Rutter 1897 -- (Okada 1961:665 [ref. 6363], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:359 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Ctenogobius giurinus (Rutter 1897) -- (Wang 1984:93 [ref. 22951], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:288 [ref. 26639], Zheng 1989:348 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:480 [ref. 23876], Deng in Ding 1994:522 [ref. 21531], Yang & Chen 1995:113 [ref. 23555], Zhu 1995:181 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:378 [ref. 26385], Yang in Chen 1998:327 [ref. 23556], Tang et al. 2001:15 [ref. 25373], Sakai et al. 2001:116 [ref. 25693], Kim et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27747], Larson et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29532], Yonezawa et al. 2010:255 [ref. 30902], Motomura et al. 2010:218 [ref. 31256], Suzuki et al. 2012:697 [ref. 31734]). •Valid as Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter 1897) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:585 [ref. 25598], Chen & Shao 1996:201 [ref. 22202], Takahashi 1996:3 [ref. 24363], Kim 1997:450 [ref. 24032], Takahashi et al. 1997:48 [ref. 24971], Chen & Miller 1998:219 [ref. 23576] as guirinus, Sato et al. 1998:42 [ref. 24972], Mizuno et al. 1999:12 [ref. 25311], Sakai et al. 2000:52 [ref. 24911], Nakabo 2000:1251 [ref. 25182], Matsuura et al. 2000:238 [ref. 26000], Kottelat 2001:61 [ref. 25482], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Kim & Park 2002:373 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1251 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:400, 664 [ref. 26218], Jang et al. 2003:120 [ref. 27681], Chen & Kottelat 2005:1407 [ref. 28141], Matsunuma et al. 2010:85 [ref. 31558], Matsui et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33344], Kottelat 2013:425 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:203 [ref. 34477], Koeda et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35333], Xia et al. 2018:560 [ref. 35887], Zhang et al. 2019:528 [ref. 36699]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Suzuki et al. 2015:[4] [ref. 33993], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hadropterus, Ctenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:60, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6449. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6551 (6), 6663 (19). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676] with SU 6663 as cotypes, Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gobius giurinus Rutter 1897 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:359 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter 1897) -- (Okada 1961:665 [ref. 6363] as handropterus, Chen & Shao 1996:201 [ref. 22202], Kim 1997:583 [ref. 24032], Kottelat 2001:61 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2013:425 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Mitrofanov et al. 1992:269 [ref. 37756], Suzuki et al. 2015:[4] [ref. 33993], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

katonis, Ctenogobius Tanaka [S.] 1908:35 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 14424] Fresh water in Kanazawa, Kaga, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 2002. Paratypes: ZUMT 57509-11 (3). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius nagoyae Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:698 [ref. 31734] misspelled nagioyae, Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius nagoyae Jordan & Seale 1906. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

kurodai, Ctenogobius Tanaka [S.] 1908:32 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 14424] Freshwater pond in garden of Marquis Kuroda, Tokyo, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 2008. Paratypes: ZUMT 1009 (10). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Rhinogobius kurodai (Tanaka 1908) -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:698, 700 [ref. 31734], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius kurodai (Tanaka 1908). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

lini, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:289 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 10988] Fu River at Wuchow, Kwangsi Province, China. Holotype: CAS-SU 29089 (1 of 4). Paratypes: FESC (now at PRFRI) (1), Lingnan University (1), CAS-SU 29089 (3 of 4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter 1897) -- (Zheng 1989:348 [ref. 21202], Kottelat 2013:425 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Suzuki et al. 2015:[4] [ref. 33993], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.