Species that contain: Gobius and cruentatus [ 6 ] records

assoi, Gobius de Buen [F.] 1936:239, Figs. 1-2 [Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid v. 36; ref. 13757] Neighborhood of Melilla, Spanish Morocco, western Mediterranean Sea, depth 40 meters. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius strictus Fage 1907 -- (Miller 1973:488 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cruentatus, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1197 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on 'Gobius No. 42' of Brünnich 1768:30 [ref. 17290]. See also Gobius pustulatus Bonnaterre 1788. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:177 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336], Miller 1973:486 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:342 [ref. 41065], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1039 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Kovačić & Miller 2000:234 [ref. 25014], Ahnelt 2001:266 [ref. 25667], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:131 [ref. 26753], Gil et al. 2002:161 [ref. 25974], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Engin et al. 2007:87 [ref. 29213], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:154 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:71 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:74 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:74 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603], Gus'kov et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39564], Kovačić et al. 2022: 55 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:84 [ref. 39288]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Ireland south to Senegal. Habitat: marine.

pustulatus, Gobius Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Brünnich) 1788:63 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on 'Gobius No. 42' of Brünnich 1768:30 [ref. 17290]. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 is followed (Art. 23.9). Declared a nomen oblitum by Parenti 2021:177 [ref. 38603]. •In the synonymy of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

rubens, Gobius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:35 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:30 [ref. 3595]. •Questionably a synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Miller 1973:486 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Uncertain as Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

schmidti, Cabotia de Buen [F.] 1930:17, Figs. 5-8 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía No. 5; ref. 684] Bahia de Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius strictus Fage 1907 -- (Miller 1973:488 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1045 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

strictus, Gobius Fage [L.] 1907:76, Pl. 6 (figs. 1-2) [Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale (Paris) v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 15144] Dragonera, north of Cabrera Island, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN (2, lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:59 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobius strictus Fage 1907 -- (Miller 1973:488 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1045 [ref. 13677]). •Doubtful status -- (Kovačić & Miller 2000:234 [ref. 25014]). •Probably a synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Iglésias et al. 2021:13 [ref. 38136]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea endemic [if valid]. Habitat: marine.