Species that contain: Gobiusculus and flavescens [ 5 ] records

attenuatus, Gobius Couch [J.] 1863:166, Pl. 101 (fig. 2) [The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2; ref. 18053] British Isles. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

biocellatus, Gobius Couch [J.] 1863:165, Pl. 101 (fig. 1) [The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2; ref. 18053] British Isles. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius biocellatus Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bipunctatus, Gobius Yarrell [W.] 1836:255, Fig. [A history of British fishes; ref. 4812] Ireland and England. No types known. According to Miller 1973:496, ref. 6888, Gobius punctatus and Gobius tripunctatus are errors for bipunctatus made by Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

flavescens, Gobius Fabricius [J. C.] 1779:322 [Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie; ref. 18074] Walderhog, 11 mi. northeast of Christiansund (Kristiansund), Romsdal, Norway. No types known. Original as flauescens in historical typeset which equals flavescens; common recent usage is flavescens; that spelling can be maintained. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:48 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1046 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Fricke 1999:47 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:178 [ref. 26753], Huyse et al. 2004:327 [ref. 27956], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Psomadakis et al. 2012:17 [ref. 33457], Parin et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33547], Carneiro et al. 2019:182 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887]). •Valid as Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Thacker et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 36082]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; ?western Mediterranean Sea (rare); eastern Atlantic: Faroes and Norway south to Portugal. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ruuthensparri, Gobius Euphrasen [B. A.] 1786:64, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 7 (for 1786); ref. 17465] Bohuslän, Sweden. No types known. Also appeared in Euphrasen 1787:63, pl. 3, fig. 1 [ref. 30157]. Species epithet originally spelled 'rvvthensparri' with Latin 'v' instead of 'u'. Based on Gobius sp. of Ruuthensparre et al. 1784:52 [ref. 31153]. Spelled rutensparii in Bloch & Schneider 1801:70 [ref. 471]. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1046 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.