Genera that contain: Gobius [ 163 ] records

Acanthogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:145 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 1762] Masc. Gobius flavimanus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. Kottelat (2013) places in the synonymy of Synechogobius Gill 1859. •Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:363 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:278 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:183, 184 [ref. 7303], Gomon et al. 1994:782 [ref. 22532], Lee 2001:50 [ref. 25335], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:214 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2003:S41 [ref. 28444], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:435 [ref. 30089] with subgenera, Hoese & Larson 2008:750 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:93 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:169 [ref. 31732], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:45 [ref. 32580], Parin et al. 2015:474 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Acentrogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:321 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius chlorostigma Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Acentrogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Yanagisawa 1978:313 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:18 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:358 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Ataur Rahman 1989:308 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:476 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Shibukawa & Taki 1996:79 [ref. 22115], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Vasil'eva 1998:126 [ref. 23591], Larson & Murdy 2001:3587, 3588 [ref. 26293], Larson 2002:67 [ref. 26717], Larson & Wright 2003:130 [ref. 27481], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Ataur Rahman 2003:334 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:751 [ref. 30660], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:375 [ref. 32441], Kottelat 2013:396 [ref. 32989], Allen 2015:1 [ref. 33699], Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547], Allen et al. 2015:33 [ref. 33804], Hoese 2015:1575 [ref. 34304], Jawad et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34964], Allen 2017:103 [ref. 35601], Fricke et al. 2018:322 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Actinogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:319 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius ommaturus Richardson 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Synechogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:488 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Afurcagobius Gill [H. S.] 1993:178 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 16 (pt 2); ref. 21981] Masc. Gobius suppositus Sauvage 1880. Type by original designation. •Valid as Afurcagobius Gill 1993 -- (Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3589 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1617 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:751 [ref. 30660], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:375 [ref. 32441], Kuiter 2018:87 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:82 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Afurcagobius Gill 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Ainosus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:109 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Masc. Gobius geneionema Hilgendorf 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:394 [ref. 7348]). Current status: Synonym of Sagamia Jordan & Snyder 1901. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Amblygobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:322 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius sphynx Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Amblygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Goren 1979:24 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:25 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3588 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1621 [ref. 29097], Ogihara et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30932], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Allen & Erdmann 2016:10 [ref. 35073], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:272 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:87 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Amoya Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:225 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Fem. Gobius brevirostris Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Amoya Herre 1927 -- (Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Parenti 2021:91 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amoya Herre 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Aparrius Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:278 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Masc. Gobius acutipinnis Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:475 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Aphyogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1931:334 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Masc. Gobius albus Parnell 1831 - 1837. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Latrunculus Günther 1861, preoccupied by Latrunculus Gray 1847 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827 -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Apocryptes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:143 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius bato Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:327 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Murdy 1989:5 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:292 [ref. 24860], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:8 [ref. 35561]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Apollonia (subgenus of Gobius) Iljin [B. S.] 1927:133 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Fem. Gobius melanostomus Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Apollonia as described -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:227 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Apollonia Iljin 1927 -- (Stepien & Tumeo 2006:67 [ref. 31437]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Arcygobius Larson [H. K.] & Wright [J.] 2003:129 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory No. 19; ref. 27481] Masc. Gobius baliurus Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation. Based on the unavailable name Isthmogobius Koumans 1931 [ex Bleeker]. •Valid as Arcygobius Larson & Wright 2003 -- (Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Arcygobius Larson & Wright 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Arenigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Gobius bifrenatus Kner 1865. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Maugé 1986 [ref. 6218]), but see Ctenogobius. •Valid as Arenigobius Whitley 1930 -- (Scott 1976:191 [ref. 7055], Gomon et al. 1994:783 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:752 [ref. 30660], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:239 [ref. 31740], Hoese 2015:1576 [ref. 34304], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Arenigobius Whitley 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Astovelus Endruweit [M.] 2024:75 [ref. 41040] Masc. Gobius circumspectus MacLeay 1883. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Glossogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Glossogobius Gill 1859. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Awaous (subgenus of Gobius) Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:97 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius ocellaris Broussonet 1782. Type by subsequent designation. If regarded as a subgenus, then authorship and type are as above. If regarded as used in a vernacular sense, then name dates to Steindachner 1861:289 [ref. 4205]. Type apparently designated first by Bleeker 1874:320 [ref. 437], also Koumans 1931:83 [ref. 5623]. •As a synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218] who dated to Steindachner 1860). •Valid as Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Ataur Rahman 1989:304 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:469 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:174 [ref. 21090], Watson 1992 [ref. 20016] dated to Valenciennes, Watson & Horsthemke 1995:83 [ref. 21933], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:437 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Ataur Rahman 2003:329 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:517 [ref. 30083], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:120 [ref. 30588], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:279 [ref. 31114], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Marshall 2011:264 [ref. 31755], Lindstrom et al. 2012:296 [ref. 32536], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:325 [ref. 35805], Seth et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40589]). Current status: Valid as Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Babka (subgenus of Gobius) Iljin [B. S.] 1927:132 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Fem. Gobius gymnotrachelus Kessler 1857. Type by monotypy. Treated as feminine, Art. 30.2.4. Neogobius is widely used (Art. 23.9.1.2) and its usage should be preserved when treated as valid. Berg 1949 is regarded by Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344] as the first reviser, selecting Neogobius over other new names described by Iljin 1927. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Babka as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:160 [ref. 24865]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Babka -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:227 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Ponticola Iljin 1927 -- (Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Babka Iljin 1927 -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:59 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:68 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Babka Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Bathygobius Bleeker [P.] 1878:54 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 13 3; ref. 456] Masc. Gobius nebulopunctatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:393 [ref. 4904], not G. petrophilus Bleeker 1863 [but needs further investigation, see also Miller & Smith 1989:279, 280 [ref. 25535]]. See Shinohara et al. 2000:182 [ref. 25987]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Bathygobius Bleeker 1878 -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888], Goren 1979:26 [ref. 1852], Akihito & Meguro 1980:217 [ref. 6920], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:272 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Goren 1988 [ref. 6612], Birdsong et al. 1988:184, 186 [ref. 7303], Miller & Smith 1989:279 [ref. 25535], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1992:24 [ref. 39338], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:812 [ref. 21590], Gomon et al. 1994:785 [ref. 22532], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:423 [ref. 24550], Miller & Stefanni 2001:142 [ref. 26034], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Larson 2002:67 [ref. 26717], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1784 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:527 [ref. 30083], Hoese & Larson 2008:754 [ref. 30660], Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Tornabene et al. 2010:142 [ref. 30990], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738] in Gobiidae, Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35433], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius Bleeker 1878. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Benthophilus (subgenus of Gobius) Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:77 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Masc. Gobius macrocephalus Pallas 1787. Type by monotypy. Appeared as subgenus of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:102 [ref. 34622], and in Eichwald 1838:139 [ref. 18063] as Bentophilus. •Valid as Benthophilus Eichwald 1831 -- (Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1025 [ref. 13677], Gomon et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22532], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Ahnelt 2003:213 [ref. 26912], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:164 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:129 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:31 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:555 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497] in Benthophilinae, Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Kovačić et al. 2021:45 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus Eichwald 1831. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Berowra Whitley [G. P.] 1928:224 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 4661] Fem. Gobius lidwilli McCulloch 1917. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as feminine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Pandaka Herre 1927 -- (Miller 1987:701 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:197 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pandaka Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Boleophthalmus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:198 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius boddarti Pallas 1770. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:328 [ref. 437]. Misspelled Bolcophthalmus by Jordan 1923:227 (footnote 477) [ref. 2421]. •Valid as Boleophthalmus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:408 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:11 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:295 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:500 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:320 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:311 [ref. 32496], Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:10 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36089]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Boreogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Masc. Gobius stuvitzii Düben 1845. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827 -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Brachygobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:315 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius doriae Günther 1868. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Brachygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 1985:274 [ref. 11441], Miller 1987:699 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Roberts 1989:167 [ref. 6439], Miller 1989:377 [ref. 13540], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:306 [ref. 24860], Larson & Vidthayanon 2000:2 [ref. 24441], Iwata et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25227], Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:332 [ref. 31338], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Brachygobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Brachyochirus Nardo [G. D.] 1844:1 [Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto, Vicenza v. 13; ref. 3150] Masc. Gobius aphya of Risso (= Gobius aphya Linnaeus 1758). Appeared without species. Spelled Brachyochyrus by Nardo 1844:76. Spelled Brachyochirus by Nardo 1844:6, 7 [ref. 26345]. Addition of species not researched. •Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827 -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Buenia Iljin [B. S.] 1930:51 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía v. 2; ref. 2297] Fem. Gobius affinis Kolombatović 1891. Type by original designation. Apparently based on a misidentified type species; not Gobius affinis Kolombatović, but affinis sensu Sanzo 1911. •Valid as Buenia Iljin 1930 -- (Miller 1973:491 [ref. 6888] with type as affinis Iljin 1930, Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1026 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2017:447 [ref. 35242], Kovačić et al. 2018:267 [ref. 35846]). Current status: Valid as Buenia Iljin 1930. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Butigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:123 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Lebistes scorpioides Smitt 1899 (= Gobius scorpioides Collett 1874). Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Lebistes [sic] Smitt 1899, not preoccupied by Lebistes Fillipi 1862 in fishes. Whitley took the apparent preoccupation from Jordan 1920:487 [ref. 4905], but Jordan's entry in error for Lebetus Winther. •Objective synonym of Lebetus Winther 1877 -- (Miller 1973:498 [ref. 6888]). Current status: Synonym of Lebetus Winther 1877. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cabotia de Buen [F.] 1930:17 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía No. 5; ref. 684] Fem. Cabotia schmidti de Buen 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; apparently preoccupied by Cabotia Ragonot 1888 in Lepidoptera, replaced by Cabotichthys Whitley 1940. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Parenti 2021:174 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Cabotichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1940:242 [Australian Naturalist v. 10 (no. 7); ref. 4660] Masc. Cabotia schmidti de Buen 1930. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Cabotia de Buen 1930, apparently preoccupied by Cabotia Ragonot 1888 in Lepidoptera [not researched]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Caffrogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:551 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 56 (no. 6) (for 1889); ref. 4148] Masc. Gobius nudiceps Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Caffrogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Hoese 1986:782 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:362 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:184, 186 [ref. 7303], Goren 1996:2 [ref. 24415], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738] in Gobiidae, Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caffrogobius Smitt 1900. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Calleleotris Gill [T. N.] 1863:270 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Fem. Gobius strigatus Broussonet 1782. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:4 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Centrogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:321 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius notacanthus Bleeker 1858. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Apparently a synonym of Oplopomus Valenciennes 1837. Current status: Synonym of Oplopomus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Cephalogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:320 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius sublitus Cantor 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Glossogobius Gill 1859 -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:78 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Glossogobius Gill 1859. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Chaparrudo de Buen [F.] 1931:15, 58 [Notas y résumenes, Instituto Español de Oceanografia; Ministerio de Marin. Madrid (Ser. 2) No. 54; ref. 686] Masc. Gobius flavescens Fabricius 1779. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Objective synonym of Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chasar (subgenus of Gobius) Vasil'eva [E. D.] 1996:453 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 36 (no. 4); ref. 24650] Fem. Gobius bathybius Kessler 1877. Type by monotypy. Appeared in Vasil'eva 1996:452 as a valid subgenus of Gobius dating to Iljin 1930, but we are unable to find this name in Iljin 1930 [ref. 2297]. The name is mentioned in Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662]. The name is mentioned in Iljin 1956:188 [ref. 18324] as a subgenus of Gobius, but we find no species mentioned with the name. The taxon evidently dates to Vasil'eva 1996. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Chasar as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:160 [ref. 24865]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Chasar -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Chasar Vasil'eva 1996 -- (Miller in Miller 2004:94 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Chlamydogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Gobius eremius Zietz 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Chlamydogobius Whitley 1930 -- (Miller 1987 [ref. 6336], Larson 1995 [ref. 22270], Larson 2001:62 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1634 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494]). Current status: Valid as Chlamydogobius Whitley 1930. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chloea Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:78 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Fem. Gobius castaneus O'Shaughnessy 1875. Type by original designation. Considered preoccupied by Chloeia Savigny 1818 in Polychaeta by Whitley and replaced by Chloeichthys Whitley 1940. •Treated as valid as Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:384 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:221 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius but a valid subgenus Chloea -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chloeichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1940:243 [Australian Naturalist v. 10 (no. 7); ref. 4660] Masc. Gobius castaneus O'Shaughnessy 1875. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901, considered preoccupied by Chloeia Savigny 1818 in Polychaeta according to Whitley 1940. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Chromogobius de Buen [F.] 1930:135, 138 [Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc v. 10; ref. 685] Masc. Gobius quadrivittatus Steindachner 1863. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Cromogobius is a misspelling. •Valid as Chromogobius de Buen 1930 -- (Miller 1971:305 [ref. 7694], Miller 1973:492 [ref. 6888], Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1986:290 [ref. 6757], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1028 [ref. 13677], Miller 1993:1418 [ref. 20892], Vasil'eva 1998:133 [ref. 23591], Van Tassell 2001:1073 [ref. 25824], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Engin & Dalgiç 2008:197 [ref. 29601], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:438 [ref. 32861], Parin et al. 2015:480 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:116 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chromogobius de Buen 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Corcyrogobius Miller [P. J.] 1972:395 [Journal of Natural History v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 3011] Masc. Gobius liechtensteini Kolombatović 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Appeared first in Miller 1971:264 as name only. •Valid as Corcyrogobius MIller 1972 -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1030 [ref. 13677], Scsepka & Ahnelt 1999:78 [ref. 23868], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:215 [ref. 31738] in Gobiidae, Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:438 [ref. 32861], Kovačić et al. 2020:121 [ref. 37715], Parenti 2021:117 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Corcyrogobius Miller 1972. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Coryphopterus Gill [T. N.] 1863:262 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1690] Masc. Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill 1863. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Coryphogobius by Gill 1863:263 (footnote). •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Coryphopterus Gill 1863 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Randall 2001:206 [ref. 25665], Thacker & Cole 2002:837 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1784 [ref. 27111], Victor 2007:51 [ref. 29325], Victor 2008:1 [ref. 29590], Baldwin et al. 2009:114 [ref. 30559], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Baldwin & Robertson 2015:123 [ref. 33884], Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Coryphopterus Gill 1863. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Crossogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1931:111 [A preliminary revision of the genera of the gobioid fishes; ref. 5623] Masc. Gobius depressus Ramsay & Ogilby 1886. Type by monotypy. Proposed as a "museum name" but treated as a genus, with a species and description, "...after which I made the genus description. I do not know who has described the genus." Regarded as an available genus name and description. •Synonym of Callogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Chen & Shao 2000:457 [ref. 24420], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Callogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Cryptocentrus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:111 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius cryptocentrus Valenciennes 1837. First appeared as name in synonymy of Gobius, but made available from Valenciennes 1837 by subsequent use, e.g. Bleeker 1874:322 [ref. 437], 1876:142 [ref. 449]. Type established by Bleeker. •Valid as Cryptocentrus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:362 [ref. 7348], Polunin & Lubbock 1977:76 [ref. 3540], Yanagisawa 1978:271 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:28 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:257 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:786 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Larson & Murdy 2001:3588 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2004:167 [ref. 28074], Hoese & Larson 2006:1636 [ref. 29097], Hoese et al. 2011:163 [ref. 31450], Allen & Randall 2011:554 [ref. 31615], Shibukawa et al. 2012:54 [ref. 32036], Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989], Allen 2015:67 [ref. 33923], Pinault et al. 2015:237 [ref. 34021], Fricke et al. 2018:328 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Greenfield & Allen 2018:28 [ref. 35950], Fricke et al. 2019:276 [ref. 36673], Hoese 2019:23 [ref. 36472], Goren & Stern 2021:1 [ref. 38671], Parenti 2021:124 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Crystallogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Masc. Gobius nilssonii Düben & Koren 1846. Type by monotypy. Cristallogobius Bleeker 1874:310 [ref. 437] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Crystallogobius Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1031 [ref. 13677], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:480 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Crystallogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ctenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1858:374 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38); ref. 1750] Masc. Ctenogobius fasciatus Gill 1858. Type by original designation. Type designated on p. 376. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1859 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:869 [ref. 22354], Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218]), but Ctenogobius may have been published earlier (in 1858 in the actual journal or as a separate; Gobionellus is 1858 also). •Valid as Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:867 [ref. 22354], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:819 [ref. 21590], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:479 [ref. 23876], Yang in Chen 1998:327 [ref. 23556], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:440 [ref. 24550], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Harrison et al. 2007:541 [ref. 30083], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ctenoxylepis (subgenus of Oxyurichthys) Pezold [F. L.] & Larson [H. K.] 2015:11 [Zootaxa 3988 (no. 1); ref. 33894] Masc. Gobius keiensis Smith 1938. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857, but a valid subgenus as Ctenoxylepis Pezold & Larson 2015. Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Cyclogobius Steindachner [F.] 1861:285 [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 42 (for 1860); ref. 4205] Masc. Gobius lepidus Girard 1858. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Lepidogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Lepidogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Deltentosteus Gill [T. N.] 1863:263 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1690] Masc. Gobius quadrimaculatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Deltentosteus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:494 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1031 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731]). Current status: Valid as Deltentosteus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Economidichthys Bianco [P. G.], Bullock [A. M.], Miller [P. J.] & Roubal [F. R.] 1987:797 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 31 (no. 6); ref. 6337] Masc. Gobius pygmaeus Holly 1929. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987 -- (Economidis & Miller 1990:129 [ref. 16710], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:439 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742]). •Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987 -- (Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32464], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082], Parenti 2021:135 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Economidichthys Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal 1987. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Eichwaldia (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:545 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 56 (no. 6) (for 1889); ref. 4148] Fem. Gobius caspius Eichwald 1831. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Eichwaldia Billings 1858 in fossil brachiopods, replaced by and objective synonym of Eichwaldiella Whitley 1930. •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Eichwaldia as described -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Eichwaldiella Whitley [G. P.] 1930:123 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Fem. Gobius caspius Eichwald 1831. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Eichwaldia Smitt 1899, preoccupied by Eichwaldia Billings 1858 in fossil brachiopods. •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Eichwaldiella -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Eleotrides Bory de Saint-Vincent [J. B. G. M.] 1825:417 [Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle; ref. 3853] Gobius pisonis Gmelin 1789. •Synonym of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Pezold & Cage 2002:36 [ref. 25941], Kottelat 2013:391 [ref. 32989] but with authorship as Scopoli, Parenti 2021:34 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.

Eleotris Scopoli [J. A.] 1777:456 [Introductio ad historiam naturalem; ref. 3990] Fem. Gobius pisonis Gmelin 1789. Type by subsequent designation. A petition to the ICZN probably is needed to continue the use of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801, over the use of Scopoli 1777 (see Kottelat 2013:391 [ref. 32989] after a neotype designation and its use before 1961). •A senior synomym of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:34 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.

Eleotris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:65 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Gobius pisonis Gmelin 1789. Type designated by the ICZN by use of plenary powers; on Official List (Opinion 93, Direction 56). Eleotris Gronow 1763 placed on Official Index (Direction 56) as a name published in a rejected work. A petition to the ICZN probably is needed to continue the use of Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801, over the use of Scopoli 1777 (see Kottelat 2013:391 [ref. 32989] after a neotype designation and its use before 1961) . •Valid as Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:339 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:391 [ref. 6218] but with wrong type, Birdsong et al. 1988:181 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Roberts 1989:166 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:287 [ref. 24860], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:428 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:154 [ref. 21090], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:832 [ref. 21590], Bussing 1996:251 [ref. 21937], Miller 1998:273 [ref. 24950], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:415 [ref. 24550], Dankwa et al. 1999:50 [ref. 28023], Larson & Murdy 2001:3575 [ref. 26293], Pezold & Cage 2002:36 [ref. 25941], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1779 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Ataur Rahman 2003:312 [ref. 31338], Hoese 2006:1599 [ref. 28988], Pezold et al. 2007:475 [ref. 30082], Scharpf 2009:12 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:277 [ref. 31114], Thacker 2011:81 [ref. 31726], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:208 [ref. 31738], Maeda et al. 2011:257 [ref. 32003], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989] but authorship given to Scopoli, Zhang et al. 2016:198 [ref. 34477], Mennesson et al. 2016:495 [ref. 34867], Mennesson & Keith 2017:213 [ref. 35460], Motomura et al. 2017:196 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:318 [ref. 35805], Mennesson et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36105], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Mennesson & Keith 2020:185 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:469 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:183 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.

Ellogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1933:92 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] Masc. Gobius stigmaticus De Vis 1884. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Engrauligobius Iljin [B. S.] 1930:53 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía v. 2; ref. 2297] Masc. Gobius quagga Heckel 1839. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Enypnias (subgenus of Garmannia) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2231, 2233 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Masc. Gobius seminudus Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Enypnias Jordan & Evermann 1898 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:189 [ref. 7303], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:160 [ref. 31732]). •Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard 1858 -- (Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:6 [ref. 33167]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard 1858. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Euchoristopus Gill [T. N.] 1863:271 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1692] Masc. Gobius koelreuteri Pallas 1770. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Murdy 1989:30 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Eucyclogobius Gill [T. N.] 1862:279 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1666] Masc. Gobius newberryi Girard 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eucyclogobius Gill 1862 -- (Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Swift et al. 2016:1, 14 [ref. 34619]). Current status: Valid as Eucyclogobius Gill 1862. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Exyrias Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:405 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Masc. Gobius puntangoides Bleeker 1854. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Exyrias Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:250 [ref. 6441], Murdy 1985:2 [ref. 19200], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3586 [ref. 26293], Larson & Wright 2003:128 [ref. 27481], Allen & Randall 2005:231 [ref. 28537], Hoese & Larson 2006:1648 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kottelat 2013:406 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:283 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Fagea de Buen [F.] 1940:9 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 790; ref. 689] Fem. Cabotia schmidti de Buen 1930. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Cabotia de Buen 1930, preoccupied by Cabotia Ragonot 1888 in Lepidoptera but apparently replaced earlier in same year by Cabotichthys Whitley 1940. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Favonigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Gobius lateralis Macleay 1881. Type by original designation. •Valid as Favonigobius Whitley 1930 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:250 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:788 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:367 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Gill & Miller 1990:513 [ref. 16711], Gill 1993:177 [ref. 21981], Gomon et al. 1994:790 [ref. 22532], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3589 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1649 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:758 [ref. 30660], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:375 [ref. 32441], Hammer et al. 2015:374 [ref. 34092], Hoese 2015:1578 [ref. 34304], Sadeghi et al. 2017:641 [ref. 35641], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Favonigobius Whitley 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Fluvicola Iljin [B. S.] 1930:56 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía v. 2; ref. 2297] Masc. Gobius martensii Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type given as G. martensi Günther 1861 = G. fluviatilis Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828. •Synonym of Padogobius Iljin 1933 -- (Miller 2004:33 [ref. 27853]). Current status: Synonym of Padogobius Iljin 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Fusigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Gobius neophytus Günther 1877. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Coryphopterus Gill 1863 -- (Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Randall 2001:206 [ref. 25665]). •Valid as Fusigobius Whitley 1930 -- (Goren 1979:38 [ref. 1852], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Hoese & Reader 1985:1 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Hoese & Obika 1988 [ref. 12745], Chen & Shao 1997:87 [ref. 23347], Larson & Murdy 2001:3589 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:284 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:156 [ref. 38603], Bogorodsky et al. 2023:101 [ref. 40056]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius Whitley 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Garmannia Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan 1895:495 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Fem. Gobius paradoxus Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Garmannia Jordan & Evermann 1895 -- (authors). •Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard 1858, but a valid subgenus Garmania -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:430 [ref. 24550], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969]). •Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard 1858 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:6 [ref. 33167]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard 1858. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Glossogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:46 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (nos 1-3, art. 10); ref. 1754] Masc. Gobius platycephalus Richardson 1846. Type by monotypy. Date may be 1860 or 1861. •Valid as Glossogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:373 [ref. 7348], Goren 1979:41 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 1985:274 [ref. 11441], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:186 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:307 [ref. 24860], Hoese & Allen 1990 [ref. 19360], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:460 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:176 [ref. 21090], Gill 1993:176 [ref. 21981], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Vasil'eva 1998:134 [ref. 23591], Larson & Murdy 2001:3583, 3587 [ref. 26293], Larson 2002:67 [ref. 26717], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Ataur Rahman 2003:333 [ref. 31338], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:220 [ref. 28183], Proudlove 2006:199 [ref. 28992], Hoese & Larson 2006:1652 [ref. 29097] dated 1861, Hoese & Allen 2009:1 [ref. 29998], Morgan 2011:18 [ref. 31262], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Marshall 2011:265 [ref. 31755], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:375 [ref. 32441], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Hoese et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33684], Parin et al. 2015:480 [ref. 33547], Hoese & Allen 2015:201 [ref. 33880], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:193 [ref. 35257], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Hoese et al. 2017:181 [ref. 35452], Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Esmaeili et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Hammer et al. 2021:[5] 91 [ref. 39008], Parenti 2021:159 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:78 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius Gill 1859. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Gnatholepis (subgenus of Stenogobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Fem. Gobius anjerensis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Larson & Buckle 2005:72 [ref. 28489] for problems in the taxonomy of this genus. •Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:790 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Brito & Miller 2001:257 [ref. 25096], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Randall & Greenfield 2001:2 [ref. 25675], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Larson & Wright 2003:127 [ref. 27481], Larson & Buckle 2005:67 [ref. 28489], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:303 [ref. 29292], Suzuki & Randall 2009:1 [ref. 30324], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Larson & Buckle 2012:7 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobatus (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:45 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 1798] Masc. Gobius microdon Gilbert 1892. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobica (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:45 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 1798] Fem. Gobius boleosoma Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Robins & Lachner 1966:869 [ref. 22354], Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobidus (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1953:25 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] Masc. Gobius longicaudus Jenkins & Evermann 1889. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiex (subgenus of Gobionellus) Ginsburg [I.] 1932:44 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 1798] Masc. Gobius stigmaturus Goode & Bean 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobileptes (subgenus of Gobius) Swainson [W.] 1839:183 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Gobius acutipennis Valenciennes 1837. Type by subsequent designation. As a subgenus of Gobius, without included species. Bleeker 1874:327 [ref. 437] designated a type for Apocryptes Valenciennes and included Gobileptes in synonymy; this has been regarded wrongly as type designation for Gobileptes. First addition of species dates to Jordan 1919:198 [ref. 2410], type as Gobius acutipinnis. See Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628]. Declared a Nomen Oblitum by Kottelat (2013):414 [ref. 32989]. •In the synonymy of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiodon Bleeker [P.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) 1856:385, 407 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 353] Masc. Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation found is Jordan 1919:267 [ref. 2410]; type not Gobius histrio as listed by Maugé 1986, apparently not designated by Bleeker 1874:309 [ref. 437] where two types are listed. •Valid as Gobiodon Bleeker 1856 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:791 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:49 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:53 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3582 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Winterbottom & Harold 2005:582 [ref. 28358], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:119 [ref. 29450], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:120 [ref. 30896], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Suzuki et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027], Herler et al. 2013:301 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32951], Fricke et al. 2018:333 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Allen 2021:11 [ref. 38272], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Gobionellus Girard [C. F.] 1858:168 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] Masc. Gobius lanceolatus Bloch 1783. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated by Bleeker 1874:325 [ref. 437] as "Sp. typ. Gobius lanceolatus Bl. (Sp. typ. Girardiana Gobionellus hastatus non satis cognita)." See also Ctenogobius. •Valid as Gobionellus Girard 1858 -- (Gilbert & Randall 1979 [ref. 6929], Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218], Pezold & Gilbert 1987 [ref. 6777], Pezold & Grady 1989 [ref. 13579], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:809 [ref. 21590], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:441 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Pezold 2004:260 [ref. 27685], Pezold 2004:282 [ref. 27686], Harrison et al. 2007:523 [ref. 30083], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae). Current status: Valid as Gobionellus Girard 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gobiopsis Steindachner [F.] 1861:291 [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 42 (for 1860); ref. 4205] Fem. Gobius macrostomus Heckel 1861. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gobiopsis Steindachner 1861 -- (Lachner & McKinney 1978 [ref. 6603], Lachner & McKinney 1979 [ref. 7018], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:791 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:486 [ref. 23876], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3583 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:571 [ref. 33168], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Hoese 2015:1580 [ref. 34304], Prokofiev 2016:618 [ref. 34849], Allen et al. 2018:47 [ref. 36214], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:83 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:262 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Masc. Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Gill 1863:268 [ref. 1690]. Spelled Gobbius by Cetti 1777:107 [ref. 18872]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). •Valid as Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:350 [ref. 7348], Goren 1979:43 [ref. 1852], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1035 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:190 [ref. 7303], Allen 1991:187 [ref. 21090], Vasil'eva 1996:448 [ref. 24650], Vasil'eva 1998:134 [ref. 23591], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Villegas-Ríos & Bañón 2010:311 [ref. 30992], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Kovačić et al. 2012:439 [ref. 32861], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Iglésias et al. 2015:1 [ref. 34138], Kovačić & Šanda 2016:3 [ref. 34173], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Iglésias et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38136], Parenti 2021:174 [ref. 38603], Renoult et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Gobiusculus Duncker [G.] 1928:123 [v. 12 (no. 12); ref. 6525] Masc. Gobius flavescens Fabricius 1779. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]. •Valid as Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1046 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737]). •Valid as Gobiusculus Duncker 1928 in Gobionellidae -- (Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32649] in Gobionellidae, Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Gorogobius Miller [P. J.] 1978:28 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 64 (no. 1); ref. 3012] Masc. Gobius nigricinctus Delais 1951. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Gorogobius Miller 1978 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:186 [ref. 7303]. Kavačić & Schliewen 2008:30 [ref. 29445], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:181 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gorogobius Miller 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Gymnogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Masc. Gobius macrognathos Bleeker 1860. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:373 [ref. 7348], Stevenson 2000:839 [ref. 24583], Harada et al. 2002:324 [ref. 26496], Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:221 [ref. 28183], Zhao et al. 2007:452 [ref. 29515], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:437 [ref. 30089], Matsunuma et al. 2009:9 [ref. 31113], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Hemigobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:319 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius melanurus Bleeker 1849 (= Hemigobius bleekeri Koumans 1953). Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type species apparently preoccupied, renamed Hemigobius bleekeri by Koumans 1953:191 [ref. 2678]. •Valid as Hemigobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Larson 1999:25 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:72 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1659 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Huang et al. 2013:146 [ref. 33157], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Hemigobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Hetereleotris Bleeker [P.] 1874:306 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Fem. Gobius diadematus Rüppell 1830. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hetereleotris Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito & Meguro 1981 [ref. 5508], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986 [ref. 5996], Hoese 1986:791 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:184, 186 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:19 [ref. 28161], Hoese & Larson 2005:1 [ref. 28571], Hoese & Larson 2006:1659 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:89 [ref. 30808], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:218 [ref. 31738], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 1214:475 [ref. 33169], Kovačić et al. 2014:119 [ref. 33446], Fricke et al. 2018:333 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:156 [ref. 36273], Kovačić et al. 2019:501 [ref. 36728], Kovačić et al. 2021:283 [ref. 38406], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Heterogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:320 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius chiloensis Guichenot 1848. Type by original designation. •Regarded as valid based on placement of the type species. Current status: Valid as Heterogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Hexacanthus Nordmann [A. von] 1838:332 [Bulletin Scientifique, publiée par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg (no. 192). v. 3 (no. 21) (art. 30); ref. 3208] Masc. Gobius macrocephalus Pallas 1787. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Benthophilus Eichwald 1831 -- (Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:164 [ref. 27853], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus Eichwald 1831. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Hypogymnogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius xanthozona Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Simultaneous synonym of Brachygobius; Koumans (1931:51) gave precedence to Brachygobius, •Valid as Hypogymnogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1989:376 [ref. 13540]). •Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1987:699 [ref. 6336], Larson 2001:49 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Brachygobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Iljinia de Buen [F.] 1930:130, 132 [Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc v. 10; ref. 685] Fem. Gobius microps Krøyer 1838. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Innoculus Whitley [G. P.] 1952:25 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1951-52; ref. 4717] Masc. Gobius nigroocellatus Günther 1873. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Based on a misidentified type species; Murdy & Hoese (1985:9 [ref. 5237]) refer Whitley's specimens of nigroocellatus Günther to Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell). Kottelat (2013) fixes the type as nigroocellatatus Günther 1873 •Synonym of Istigobius Whitley 1932 -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:5 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius Whitley 1932. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Insularigobius (subgenus of Stenogobius) Watson [R. E.] 1991:606 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 15 (pt 3); ref. 19908] Masc. Gobius genivittatus Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874, but a valid subgenus Insularigobius as described -- (Keith et al. 2002:187 [ref. 26363], Keith & Marquet 2006:139 [ref. 28956]). •Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Stenogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Istigobius (subgenus of Gobius) Whitley [G. P.] 1932:301 [Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 4676] Masc. Gobius (Istigobius) stephensoni Whitley 1932. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Istigobius Whitley 1932 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985 [ref. 5237], Hoese 1986:793 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Miller & Smith 1989:280 [ref. 25535], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585, 3589 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1660 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Hoese & Erdmann 2018:70 [ref. 35978], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius Whitley 1932. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Knipowitschia Iljin [B. S.] 1927:129, 131 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Fem. Gobius longecaudatus Kessler 1877. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Iljin 1928:43 [ref. 2296], and spelled once as Knipovitschia; species also seen as longicaudatus. •Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1047 [ref. 13677], Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], Ahnelt 1991 [ref. 19167], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:4/7 [ref. 25522], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Kavačić 2005:275 [ref. 28382], Kavačić & Sanda 2007:81 [ref. 29335], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553, 566 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Miller 2009:1499 [ref. 30234], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Ahnelt 2011:22 [ref. 31650], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Halasi-Kovács et al. 2011:257 [ref. 31756], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32649] in Gobionellidae, Parin et al. 2014:489 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Vukić et al. 2016:363 [ref. 34392], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36267], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082] in Gobionellidae). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Latrunculodes Collett [R.] 1875:151 [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1874); ref. 6521] Masc. Gobius nilssonii Düben & Koren 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Collette 1875:60 [ref. 884]. •Objective synonym of Crystallogobius Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:493 [ref. 6888]). Current status: Synonym of Crystallogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Latrunculus Günther [A.] 1861:80 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Masc. Gobius albus Parnell 1831 - 1837. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Latrunculus Gray 1847 in Mollusca, replaced by Aphyogobius Whitley 1931. •Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827 -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Aphia Risso 1827. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Lebetus Winther [G. P.] 1877:49 [Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (Ser. 3) v. 11; ref. 4758] Masc. Gobius scorpioides Collett 1874. Type by monotypy. See Lebistes Smitt 1900. •Valid as Lebetus Winther 1877 -- (Miller 1973:498 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1049 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2014:490 [ref. 33547], Schliewen et al. 2019:231 [ref. 37165]). Current status: Valid as Lebetus Winther 1877. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lepidogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:14 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (nos 1-3, art. 3); ref. 1751] Masc. Gobius lepidus Girard 1858 (= Gobius gracilis Girard 1854). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:279 [not researched] and by Bleeker 1874:319 [ref. 437] as gracilis. Gobius gracilis Girard 1854 preoccupied, replaced by G. lepidus Girard 1858. •Valid as Lepidogobius Gill 1859 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:185, 187 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:800 [ref. 25968], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Lepidogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Leptogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:311 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius oxypterus Bleeker 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1876:292 [ref. 442]. •Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Lesueuria (subgenus of Gobius) Duncker [G.] 1928:124 [v. 12 (no. 12); ref. 6525] Fem. Gobius suerii Risso 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Iljin 1930:50 [ref. 2297]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Lesueria Milne-Edwards 1841 in Coelenterata, replaced by Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950. •Synonym of Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950 -- (Miller 1973:499 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:191 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Lesueurigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1950:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 4713] Masc. Gobius suerii Risso 1810. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Lesueuria Duncker 1928, preoccupied by Lesueuria Milne-Edwards 1841 in Coelenterata. •Valid as Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950 -- (Miller 1973:499 [ref. 6888], Miller 1984:380 [ref. 6338], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1051 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:186 [ref. 7303] as Lesuerigobius, Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], McKay & Miller 1997:1465 [ref. 24951], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Parenti 2021:191 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Lophogobius Gill [T. N.] 1862:240 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Masc. Gobius cristagalli Valenciennes 1837. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Lophogobius Gill 1862 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:436 [ref. 24550], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3582, 3588 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:838 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1784 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2006:1662 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:141, 144 [ref. 31732], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:193 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lophogobius Gill 1862. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Lythrypnus (subgenus of Gobius) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:458 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 21 (for 1895) Appendix 5; ref. 2442] Masc. Gobius dalli Gilbert 1890. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lythrypnus Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Greenfield 1988 [ref. 6413], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1783 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus Jordan & Evermann 1896. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Macrogobius de Buen [F.] 1930:135, 138 [Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc v. 10; ref. 685] Masc. Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:174 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Mapo (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:551 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 56 (no. 6) (for 1889); ref. 4148] Masc. Gobius soporator Valenciennes 1837. Type by monotypy. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Bathygobius Bleeker 1878 -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888], Akihito & Meguro 1980:218 [ref. 6920], Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218], Miller & Smith 1989:280 [ref. 25535], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius Bleeker 1878. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Mauligobius Miller [P. J.] 1984:384 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 204; ref. 6338] Masc. Gobius maderensis Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation. Not available from Miller 1981:6, 8 [ref. 6219] (after 1930 without type designation, Art. 13.3). Can date to Miller 1984 as given above. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (see Fricke 1999:503 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Mauligobius Miller 1984 -- (Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1054 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:190 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:811 [ref. 21590], Harrison et al. 2007:525 [ref. 30083], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:218 [ref. 31738]). Current status: Valid as Mauligobius Miller 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Mesogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:317 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius batrachocephalus Pallas 1814. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Mesogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:595 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1054 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:136 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:106 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:225 [ref. 28183],Nielsen & Stepien 2006:67 [ref. 31437], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:491 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Mesogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Millerigobius Bath [H.] 1973:304 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 54 (nos 4/6); ref. 207] Masc. Gobius macrocephalus Kolombatović 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Millerigobius Bath 1973 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1055 [ref. 13677], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31978], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:440 [ref. 32861], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Kovačić et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38213]). Current status: Valid as Millerigobius Bath 1973. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Mucogobius McCulloch [A. R.] 1912:93 [Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2937] Masc. Gobius mucosus Günther 1872. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Callogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Hoese 1986:784 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:397 [ref. 15987], Chen & Shao 2000:457 [ref. 24420], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Callogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Muellerigobius Mihalcescu [A.-M.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 2000:181 [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 42; ref. 26618] Masc. Gobius kessleri Günther 1861. •Valid as Muellerigobius Mihalcescu & Nalbant 2000 -- (original authors). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:[3] 914 [ref. 27148], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Mugilogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:552 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 56 (no. 6) (for 1889); ref. 4148] Masc. Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder 1901. Type by subsequent designation. No included species in 1900; Smitt in letter to Jordan in 1903 says that the species was Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder (Jordan 1920:487 [ref. 4905]); species added and type designated by Jordan et al. 1913:345 [ref. 6448]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Wu & Ni 1985 [ref. 21323], Hoese 1986:795 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:455 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:188 [ref. 21090], Larson & Kottelat 1992 [ref. 20008], Gomon et al. 1994:793 [ref. 22532], Larson 1999:259 [ref. 23907], Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3590 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1665 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:760 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Ott 2011:71 [ref. 32266], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:96 [ref. 33734], Larson et al. 2014:718 [ref. 33557], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Huang et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34500], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:88 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Neogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Iljin [B. S.] 1927:135 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Masc. Gobius fluviatilis Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. Iljin credits genus to Berg as a museum name, but name was made available by Iljin as above. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Neogobius as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:160 [ref. 24865]). •Valid as Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:587 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1057 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Vasil'yeva & Vasil'ev 1994:747 [ref. 22082], Vasil'eva 1998:137 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2001:217 [ref. 25591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:[6] 914 [ref. 27148], Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:227 [ref. 28183], Nielsen & Stepien 2006:67 [ref. 31437], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554, 576 [ref. 29996], Kavačić & Engín 2008:73 [ref. 29624], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Neilson & Stepien 2009:665 [ref. 30119], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Davoodi & Rahimian 2016:81 [ref. 34954], Esmaeili et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Neogobius Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Nesogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1929:62 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1928; ref. 4664] Masc. Gobius hinsbyi McCulloch & Ogilby 1919. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Nesogobius Whitley 1929 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:794 [ref. 22532], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Hoese & Larson 2006:7 [ref. 28905], Hoese & Larson 2006:1667 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:761 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727] in Gobionellinae, Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Hammer et al. 2015:371 [ref. 34092]). Current status: Valid as Nesogobius Whitley 1929. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ninnia de Buen [F.] 1930:130, 132 [Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc v. 10; ref. 685] Fem. Gobius canestrinii Ninni 1883. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ninnia Westerlund 1903 in Mollusca, replaced by Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ninnigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1951:68 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1949-50; ref. 4711] Masc. Gobius canestrinii Ninni 1883. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Ninnia de Buen, preoccupied by Ninnia Westerlund 1903 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Miller & Sanda 2008:263 [ref. 29469] with discussion). •Valid as Ninnigobius Whitley 1951 -- (Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082]). Current status: Valid as Ninnigobius Whitley 1951. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Nomeus Cuvier [G.] 1816:315 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Gobius gronovii Gmelin 1789. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:449 [ref. 2476]. •Valid as Nomeus Cuvier 1816 -- (Haedrich 1967:81 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:562 [ref. 7216], Horn 1984:628 [ref. 13637], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:235 [ref. 6441], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:1185 [ref. 13677], Haedrich 1986:848 [ref. 5659], Gomon et al. 1994:841 [ref. 22532], Last 2001:3772 [ref. 26309], Haedrich 2003:1871 [ref. 27117], Parin & Piotrovsky 2004:S49 [ref. 28443], Doiuchi et al. 2004:209 [ref. 28582], Hoese & Bray 2006:1795 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Last 2008:803 [ref. 30651], Fricke et al. 2018:365 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Nomeus Cuvier 1816. Nomeidae.

Obliquogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:219 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Masc. Gobius cometes Alcock 1890. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Obliquogobius Koumans 1941 -- (Goren 1992 [ref. 19764], Larson & Murdy 2001:3588 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007:137, 138 [ref. 29107], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Chen et al. 2012:269 [ref. 32041], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Fujiwara et al. 2021:541 [ref. 38898], Fricke 2022:1 [ref. 39459], Fujiwara & Shibukawa 2022:1 [ref. 40579]). Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius Koumans 1941. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Odontogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:323 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius bynoensis Richardson 1844. Type by original designation (also monotypic). First revisor selecting Amblygobius is Jordan & Seale 1906:405 according to Kottelat (2013). •Synonym of Amblygobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Amblygobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Oligolepis (subgenus of Stenogobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Fem. Gobius melanostigma Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Kottelat (2013) declared this genus a nomen protectum under Code 23.9.2; to distinguish from Gobioleptes Swainson 1839, a declared nomen oblitum. •Valid as Oligolepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:474 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:189 [ref. 21090], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ophiogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:269 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Masc. Gobius ophicephalus Jenyns 1842. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Ophiogobius Gill 1863 -- (Hoese 1976:303 [ref. 20691], Birdsong et al. 1988:189 [ref. 7303], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:162 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Ophiogobius Gill 1863. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Oplopomus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) 1837:66 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius oplopomus Valenciennes 1837. Appeared first as name in synonymy of Gobius oplopomus, as "Oplopomus pulcher. Ehrenb., Zool. pisc., pl. 9, fig. 6." Apparently made available by subsequent use by Steindacher 1860 (not investigated). Hoplopomus is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Oplopomus. •Valid as Oplopomus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Goren 1979:48 [ref. 1852], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Larson & Murdy 2001:3583 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1668 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Oplopomus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Orissagobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:402 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 35 (no. 12); ref. 2141] Masc. Gobius cometes Alcock 1890. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Obliquogobius Koumans 1941 -- (Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007:138 [ref. 29107]). Current status: Synonym of Obliquogobius Koumans 1941. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Orsinigobius Gandolfi [G.], Marconato [A.] & Torricelli [P.] 1986:376 [Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona v. 12 (for 1985); ref. 6140] Masc. Gobius punctatissimus Canestrini 1864. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956]). •Valid as Orsinigobius Gandolfi, Marconato & Torricelli 1986 -- (Ahnelt & Bianco 1990 [ref. 14131], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082]). Current status: Valid as Orsinigobius Gandolfi, Marconato & Torricelli 1986. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Oxyurichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:464 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 14 (no. 2); ref. 6220] Masc. Gobius belosso Bleeker 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1860:44 [ref. 379]. Misprinted once as Oxyurichthus by Bleeker 1874:324 [ref. 437]. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:324 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Goren 1979:49 [ref. 1852], Larson & Hoese 1980:43 [ref. 2725], Kurup & Samuel 1982 [ref. 6796], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1066 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:471 [ref. 23876], Pezold 1998:687 [ref. 23420], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24582], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:336 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Zarei et al. 2022:361 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Padogobius Iljin [B. S.] in Berg 1933:166 [Zoogeographica, Jena v. 1 (no. 2, art. 6); ref. 21141] Masc. Gobius martensii Günther 1861. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement name for Fluvicola Iljin 1930, preoccupied by Fluvicola Swainson 1827 in birds. •Valid as Padogobius Iljin 1933 (often with author as Berg, dated 1932) -- (Bianco & Miller 1990:1289 [ref. 16709], Miller in Miller 2004:33 [ref. 27853], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553 [ref. 29996], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742]). Current status: Valid as Padogobius Iljin 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Paragobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1872:129 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 431] Masc. Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell 1830. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1874:309 [ref. 437] with type as Gobius melanosoma Bleeker 1852:703. •Valid as Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097], Suzuki & Randall 2011:155 [ref. 31616], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Paragobiopsis Koumans [F. P.] 1941:245 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Fem. Gobius ostreicola Chaudhuri 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •This genus is used as valid by D. Hoese. H. K. Larson data. Current status: Valid as Paragobiopsis Koumans 1941. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Paragobius Bleeker [P.] 1872:128, 152 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 431] Masc. Paragobius knutteli Bleeker 1858. Type by subsequent designation. Two included species, P. sinensis and Gobius knutteli Bleeker 1858:16. Earliest type designation is G. knutteli by Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074]. •Provisionally a synonym of Myersina Herre 1934 -- (Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074] based on no use in over 70 years). •Valid as Paragobius Bleeker 1872 -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989]) Current status: Synonym of Myersina Herre 1934. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Parvigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:122 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Masc. Parvigobius immeritus Whitley 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type P. immeritus (a replacement for Gobius flavescens De Vis 1884, preoccupied). •Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Periophthalmodon Bleeker [P.] 1874:326 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius schlosseri Pallas 1770. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Periophthalmodon Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:196 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:25 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:298 [ref. 24860], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:323 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1672 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:15 [ref. 35561]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmodon Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Platygobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:316 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius macrorhynchus Bleeker 1867. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]), but see Awaous Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Larson 2001:45 [ref. 25522], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pogonogobius Smith [H. M.] 1931:37 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 79 (no. 2873); ref. 4047] Masc. Gobius planifrons Day 1873. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobiopsis Steindachner 1861 -- (Lachner & McKinney 1978:10 [ref. 6603], Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Pomatoschistus Gill [T. N.] 1863:263 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1690] Masc. Gobius minutus Pallas 1770. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Pomatochistus is a misspelling. •Valid as Pomatoschistus Gill 1863 -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Miller 1982:5 [ref. 8439], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1067 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:191 [ref. 7303], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 1998:143 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S51 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:279 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554, 585 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Thacker 2013:269 [ref. 32464] in Gobionellinae, Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Engin & Innal 2017:1 [ref. 35516], Engin & Seyhan 2017:1 [ref. 35597]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Ponticola (subgenus of Gobius) Iljin [B. S.] 1927:134 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Masc. Gobius ratan Nordmann 1840. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Iljin 1930:59 [ref. 2297]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Ponticola as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:160 [ref. 24865]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Miller & Vasil'eva 2003:163 [ref. 27344], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Neogobius Iljin 1927, but a valid subgenus Ponticola as describedas described -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Ponticola Iljin 1927 -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:665 [ref. 30119], Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30497], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547], Vasil'eva et al. 2015:189 [ref. 33862], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34347], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36267], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Eagderi et al. 2020:22 [ref. 37931], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:401 [ref. 39354], Zarei et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39602], Epitashvili et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40224]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Porogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:321 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius schlegelii Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Porogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Maugé 1986:381 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:818 [ref. 21590], Harrison et al. 2007:537 [ref. 30083], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738]). Current status: Valid as Porogobius Bleeker 1874. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Priolepis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:67 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Fem. Priolepis mica Ehrenberg 1837 (Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837). Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared as name in synonymy of Gobius, but used as a valid name before 1931 and therefore made available back to Valenciennes 1837 by Whitley 1959 [ref. 4729]. Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097] list the type as Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837 by monotypy. •Valid as Priolepis Valenciennes 1837 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:41 [ref. 2725], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:248 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Greenfield 1989 [ref. 12545], Winterbottom & Burridge 1989 [ref. 14486], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1991 [ref. 16949], Winterbottom & Burridge 1992:1935 [ref. 20878], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 20895], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 21405], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 21406], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1783 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097], Nogawa & Edno 2007:153 [ref. 29104], Hoese & Larson 2010:373, 375 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Hoese 2015:1582 [ref. 34304], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:168 [ref. 34658], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Allen et al. 2018:32 [ref. 36193], Golani & Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Koeda et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38416]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Proterorhinus (subgenus of Gobius) Smitt [F. A.] 1900:544 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 56 (no. 6) (for 1889); ref. 4148] Masc. Gobius marmoratus Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Proterorhinus as described -- (Vasil'eva 1999:161 [ref. 24865]). •Valid as Proterorhinus Smitt 1900 -- (Miller 1973:511 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1078 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2001:229 [ref. 25591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:[9] 921 [ref. 27148], Vasil'eva 2003:S52 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:233 [ref. 28183] dated 1899, Miller in Miller 2004:37 [ref. 27853] dated 1899, Nielsen & Stepien 2006:67 [ref. 31437], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554, 588 [ref. 29996], Freyhof & Naseka 2008:325 [ref. 29387], Neilson & Stepien 2009:665 [ref. 30119], Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:502 [ref. 33547] dated 1899, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38799]). Current status: Valid as Proterorhinus Smitt 1900. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Pselaphias Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:406 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Masc. Gobius ophthalmonema Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Kottelot 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:7 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys Bleeker 1857. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1874:309 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius citrinus Rüppell 1838. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Apparently based on a misidentified type species; renamed Pseudogobiodon macrochir by Bleeker 1875:116 [ref. 12599]. •Synonym of Gobiodon Bleeker 1856. Current status: Synonym of Gobiodon Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Pseudogobius Popta [C. M. L.] 1922:36 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 7 (art. 2); ref. 3550] Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Popta included two species, penango (described as new) and javanicus Bleeker -- neither designated as type. Aurich 1938 independently described Pseudogobius (actually he made available Pseudogobius Koumans), and Aurich's designation of a type (javanicus) does not apply to Pseudogobius Popta. If Popta's javanicus is not misidentified, then it should be designated type of Popta's genus. Pseudogobius Popta should be recognized as valid. See Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. Type designated by Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522]. •Valid as Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1680 [ref. 29097], Prokofiev 2007:147 [ref. 34653], Hoese & Larson 2008:768 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:106 [ref. 33161], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Kuiter 2018:89 [ref. 36369], Larson & Hammer 2021:7 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobius Koumans [F. P.] (ex Bleeker) 1931:101 [A preliminary revision of the genera of the gobioid fishes; ref. 5623] Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Museum name from Bleeker mentioned in synonymy of Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874. See also Pseudogobius Aurich and Pseudogobius Popta. Aurich's treatment makes name available from Koumans 1931, with type by monotypy (javanicus the only available species name directly associated with Pseudogobius in Koumans 1931). See Appendix A in Eschmeyer in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. •Valid as Pseudogobius Koumans 1931 -- (Larsen 1999:23 [ref. 24498]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522] based on placement of type species, Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Larson & Hammer 2021:7 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pseudogobius Aurich [H.] 1938:158 [Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, Leipzig v. 38 (no. 1/2); ref. 152] Masc. Gobius javanicus Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation. Makes available Pseudogobius Koumans 1931 (on museum name of Bleeker published in synonymy); should not be credited to Aurich but to Koumans. Described independently of Pseudogobius Popta 1922, of which it is a synonym; see Appendix A. Apparently Lizagobius Whitley 1933 should be used. See Pseudogobius of Popta and of Koumans. •Treated as valid as Pseudogobius Aurich 1938 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336] but on p. 698 indicates that it equals Lizagobius Whitley 1933, Roberts 1989:169 [ref. 6439], Gomon et al. 1994:804 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922 -- (Larson 2001:200 [ref. 25522], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:94 [ref. 33734]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius Popta 1922. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Pterogobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:266 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1690] Masc. Gobius virgo Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pterogobius Gill 1863 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:368 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:184 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Akihito et al. 2008:8 [ref. 30094], Pezold 2011:94 [ref. 31727], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:48 [ref. 32580]). Current status: Valid as Pterogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Redigobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:98 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Masc. Gobius sternbergi Smith 1902. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Allen 1991:191 [ref. 21090], Gomon et al. 1994:805 [ref. 22532], Larson 2001:204 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:770 [ref. 30660], Larson 2010:127 [ref. 30783], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:90 [ref. 36369], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius Herre 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Rhinogobiops Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:1 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 169; ref. 2234] Masc. Gobius nicholsii Bean 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Coryphopterus Gill 1863 -- (authors). •Valid as Rhinogobiops Hubbs 1926 -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:800 [ref. 25968], Thacker & Cole 2002:847 [ref. 26548], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobiops Hubbs 1926. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Rhinogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:145 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 1762] Masc. Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:480 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:55 [ref. 22798], Chen & Shao 1996:200 [ref. 22202], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Chen et. al 1998:255 [ref. 23655], Chen et al. 1999:171 [ref. 23885], Chen et al. 1999:20 [ref. 23908], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Chen et al. 1999:69 [ref. 24096], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Chen et al. 2002:259 [ref. 25989], Chen & Kottelat 2003:88 [ref. 27103], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Chen & Kottelat 2005:1407 [ref. 28141], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:234 [ref. 28183], Chen & Fang 2006:147 [ref. 28955], Huang & Chen 2007:101 [ref. 29017], Li & Zhong 2007:539 [ref. 29346], Valil'eva 2007:691 [ref. 29425], Chen et al. 2008:335 [ref. 29895], Yang et al. 2008:380 [ref. 29924], Chen & Miller 2008:225 [ref. 29935], Li & Zhong 2009:327 [ref. 30205], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Oijen et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31430], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Suzuki et al. 2012:693 [ref. 31734], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Chen & Miller 2014:124 [ref. 33160], Parin et al. 2014:504 [ref. 33547], Suzuki et al. 2015:[1] [ref. 33993], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Huang et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34339], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[1] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35202], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:192 [ref. 35257], Esmaeili et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35254], Endruweit 2017:549 [ref. 35366], Xia et al. 2018:553 [ref. 35887], Li et al. 2018:1 [ref. 35989], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Wu et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36135], Endruweit 2018:284 [ref. 36165], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545], Suzuki et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37412], Wanghe et al. 2020:351 [ref. 37684], Maeda et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38763], Suzuki et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39148], Chen et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39616], Chen et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39617], Wang & Chen 2022:45 [ref. 39621], Endruweit 2024:152 [ref. 41040] dated 1860). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Rhodoniichthys Takagi [K.] 1966:39 [Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries v. 52 (no. 1); ref. 4311] Masc. Gobius laevis Steindachner 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chaenogobius Gill 1859 -- (authors). •Valid as Rhodoniichthys Takagi 1966 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Stevenson 2002:264 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, subgenus Chloea Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Rueppellia Swainson [W.] 1839:184, 281 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Fem. Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell 1830. Type by monotypy. Spelled Ruppelia on p. 184, Rupellia on p. 281. Corrected to Rüppellia by ICZN (Opinion 27, 1958). Corrected to Rüppellia = Rueppellia Kullander 2016:94 [ref. 34436]. •Synonym of Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872 (often dated 1872) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218] as Ruppelia). Current status: Synonym of Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Scartelaos Swainson [W.] 1839:183, 279 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Gobius viridis Hamilton 1822. Type by monotypy. Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097] indicate that the type is by subsequent designation of Bleeker 1874. •Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Jayaram 1981:368 [ref. 6497], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605] as Scarteleos, Murdy 1989:49 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:294 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:498 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:29 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089]). Current status: Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.

Sicydium Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:167 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Neut. Gobius plumieri Bloch 1786. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:101. •Valid as Sicydium Valenciennes 1837 -- (Akihito & Meguro 1979 [ref. 6996], Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:198 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:804 [ref. 21590], Parenti & Maciolek 1993:955 [ref. 21279], Harrison 1993:203 [ref. 22083], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:426 [ref. 24550], Watson 2000:2 [ref. 24994], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Watson & Kottelat 2006:121 [ref. 28766], Pezold et al. 2006:970 [ref. 28916], Harrison et al. 2007:503 [ref. 30083], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Keith et al. 2009:476 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2011:312 [ref. 31023], Keith & Lord 2011:126 [ref. 31730], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738] in Gobionellidae, Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], de Lucena et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32517], Aguirre et al. 2017:5 [ref. 36716]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Sicydiinae.

Sinogobius (subgenus of Gobius) Liu [C. K.] 1940:215 [Sinensia v. 11 (nos 3-4); ref. 2790] Masc. Gobius (Sinogobius) szechuanensis Liu 1940 (= Rhinogobius liui Chen & Wu 2008). Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sinogobius Liu 1940 -- (Endruweit 2024:157 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859 -- (Yang et al. 2008:380 [ref. 29924], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Suzuki et al. 2019:22 [ref. 36545]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Smaragdus Poey [F.] 1860:279 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Fem. Smaragdus valenciennesi Poey 1860 (= Gobius smaragdus Valenciennes 1837). Type by absolute tautonymy of cited objective synonym. Poey's S. valenciennesi is an unneeded substitute for G. smaragdus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes. •Synonym of Gobionellus Girard 1858. •Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858 -- (Pezold 2022:69 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius Gill 1858. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Stenogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:317 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius gymnopomus Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation. •Valid as Stenogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:384 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Watson 1991:573 [ref. 19908], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:472 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:197 [ref. 21090], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2002:187 [ref. 26363], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Keith & Marquet 2006:139 [ref. 28956], Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Keith & Lord 2011:244 [ref. 31741], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:340 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36673], Causse et al. 2023:[14] 145 [ref. 40322]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Stigmatogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:323 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius pleurostigma Bleeker 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:169 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:302 [ref. 24860], Larson 2001:209 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3591 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:328 [ref. 31338], Larson 2005:349 [ref. 28521], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Thacker 2013:372 [ref. 32494], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Stigmatogobius Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Sufflogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:714 [Nature (London) v. 177 (no. 4511); ref. 4106] Masc. Gobius bibarbatus von Bonde 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sufflogobius Smith 1956 -- (Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738]). Current status: Valid as Sufflogobius Smith 1956. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Synechogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:46 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (nos 1-3, art. 10); ref. 1754] Masc. Gobius hasta Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. Appeared Gill 1859:46 [ref. 1754] without mention of species; species added by Gill 1863:266. •Valid as Synechogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:389 [ref. 7348], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303] as Synochogobius, Wu in Pan et al. 1991:488 [ref. 23876], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Taranetziola (subgenus of Gymnogobius) Shedko [S. V.] & Chereshnev [I. A.] 2005:443 [Vladimir Ya. Levanidov's biennial memorial meetings; ref. 30089] Fem. Gobius urotaenia Hilgendorf 1879. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863, but a valid subgenus Taranetziola as described. •Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863 -- (Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius Gill 1863. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Thorogobius Miller [P. J.] 1969:839 [Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom v. 49 (no. 4); ref. 3010] Masc. Gobius ephippiatus Lowe 1839. Type by original designation. •Valid as Thorogobius Miller 1969 -- (Miller 1973:512 [ref. 6888], Miller 1984:382 [ref. 6338], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1081 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:190 [ref. 7303], Sauberer & Ahnelt 2008:277 [ref. 29915], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:67 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Sauberer et al. 2018:357 [ref. 35962], Renoult et al. 2022:215 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius Miller 1969. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Trichopharynx Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:769 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 4); ref. 3275] Masc. Gobius crassilabris Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chonophorus Poey 1860 -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837 -- (Watson 1992:163 [ref. 20016], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Trypauchen Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:152 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Masc. Gobius vagina Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Trypauchen Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:412 [ref. 7348], Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:197 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:312 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:448 [ref. 23876], Birdsong & Robins 1995:681 [ref. 21667], Larson & Murdy 2001:3581 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2002:790 [ref. 26225], Murdy 2003:335 [ref. 27039], Ataur Rahman 2003:338 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2006:57 [ref. 28850], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2008:127 [ref. 29751], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:435 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:162 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trypauchen Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Amblyopinae.

Valenciennea Bleeker [P.] 1856:412 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 353] Fem. Eleotris strigata of Valenciennes 1837 (= Gobius strigatus Broussonet 1782). Type by monotypy. See discussion in Jordan 1919:373 [ref. 4904] but type is not hasselti as treated by Jordan. •Valid as Valenciennea Bleeker 1856 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:242 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Hoese & Larson 1994 [ref. 12483], Larson & Murdy 2001:3586 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Myoung et al. 2014:19 [ref. 36302], Suzuki et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34434], Kovačić et al. 2017:[3]1231 [ref. 36099], Fricke et al. 2018:342 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:162 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Valenciennesia Bleeker [P.] 1874:307 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Fem. Eleotris strigata of Valenciennes 1837 (= Gobius strigatus Broussonet 1782). Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1874:372 [ref. 436]. Apparently a variant spelling for Valenciennea Bleeker but unclear from text; it also may stand on its own as a genus description (see discussion by Jordan 1919:373 [ref. 4904]). •Objective synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:4 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Vanderhorstia Smith [J. L. B.] 1949:103 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 2 (no. 14) (art. 13); ref. 4077] Fem. Gobius delagoae Barnard 1937. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Vanderhorstia Smith 1949 -- (Polunin & Lubbock 1977:68 [ref. 3540], Yanagisawa 1978:286 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:54 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Ikeda et al. 1995 [ref. 22180], Larson & Murdy 2001:3587 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:113 [ref. 28014], Winterbottom et al. 2005:114 [ref. 28146], Greenfield & Longenecker 2005:619 [ref. 28487], Allen & Randall 2006:40 [ref. 28981], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Iwata et al. 2007:185 [ref. 29101], Randall 2007:89 [ref. 29222], Randall & Munday 2008:35 [ref. 29503], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:219 [ref. 31666], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:81 [ref. 33278], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Allen et al. 2019:89 [ref. 37044], Allen et al. 2020:65 [ref. 37685]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia Smith 1949. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Weberogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1953:172 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 10; ref. 2678] Masc. Gobius amadi Weber 1913. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Weberogobius Koumans 1953 -- (Miller 1987:695 [ref. 6336], Endruweit 2024:83 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900 -- (Larson 2001:76 [ref. 25522] dated 1889, Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius Smitt 1900. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.

Yongeichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1932:302 [Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 4676] Masc. Gobius criniger Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation. •Valid as Yongeichthys Whitley 1932 -- (Goren 1979:56 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:807 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:816 [ref. 21590], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Hoese & Larson 2006:1696 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:533 [ref. 30083], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:221 [ref. 31738], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys Whitley 1932. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Zalypnus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:459 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 21 (for 1895) Appendix 5; ref. 2442] Masc. Gobius emblematicus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Microgobius Poey 1876 -- (Birdsong 1981:268 [ref. 5425]). Current status: Synonym of Microgobius Poey 1876. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Zebrus (subgenus of Gobius) de Buen [F.] 1930:135 [Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc v. 10; ref. 685] Masc. Gobius zebrus Risso 1827. Type by original designation (also by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Zebrus de Buen 1930 -- (Miller 1973:513 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:346 [ref. 41065], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1084 [ref. 13677], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31978], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:67 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Kovačić et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38213]). Current status: Valid as Zebrus de Buen 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Zonogobius Bleeker [P.] 1874:323 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Gobius semifasciatus Kner 1868. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Apparently appeared first in synonyny; made available by Whitley 1932 [Ref 4676]. •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:352 [ref. 7348]). •Valid but with type as Gobius semidoliatus -- (Goren 1979:58 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Priolepis Valenciennes 1837 -- (Hoese & Larson 2010:373, 375 [ref. 31045]). Current status: Synonym of Priolepis Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Zostericola Iljin [B. S.] 1927:130, 135 [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Masc. Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Zostericola Ashby 1919 in Mollusca, replaced by Zosterisessor Whitley 1935. •In the synonymy of Zosterisessor Whitley 1935 -- (Miller 1973:513 [ref. 6888], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:236 [ref. 28183], Miller 2004:1 [ref. 27853]). •In the synonymy of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Zosterisessor Whitley [G. P.] 1935:250 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Masc. Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Zostericola Iljin 1927, preoccupied by Zostericola Ashby 1919 in Mollusca. •Valid as Zosterisessor Whitley 1935 -- (Miller 1973:513 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1085 [ref. 13677], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:236 [ref. 28183], Miller 2004:1 [ref. 27853], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:68 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731]). •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Zosterisessor -- (Vasil'eva 1999:160 [ref. 24865], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.