Species that contain: Triaenopogon and barbatus [ 3 ] records

barbatus, Triaenophorichthys Günther [A.] 1861:90 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1851.12.27.101 (1), 1851.12.27.269 (1), 1855.9.19.1429 (1). •Valid as Triaenopogon barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:350 [ref. 7348], Zheng 1989:355 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:454 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:177 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:368 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:276 [ref. 26566]). •Valid as Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Lin et al. 1994:175 [ref. 21512], Fuller et al. 1999:463 [ref. 25838], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1258 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1258 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:400, 665 [ref. 26218], Greiner 2002:68 [ref. 26780], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Cui et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32726], Kells et al. 2016:308 [ref. 35888], Kim et al. 2020:175 [ref. 39118], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. Introduced in San Francisco Bay (California, U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish.

japonicus, Triaenopogon Rendahl [H.] 1924:27 [Arkiv för Zoologi v. 16 (no. 2); ref. 15467] Tokyo, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6593 (98 mm SL). Paratypes: CAS-SU 18426 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. Based on literature and 98 mm SL specimen (Jordan & Snyder 1902:112 [ref. 2512]). •Synonym of Triaenopogon barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:350 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) based on placement of type species. Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.

microsquamis, Triaenopogon Wu [H.-W.] 1931:220 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16349] Amoy, Fukien, China. Holotype (unique): lost in WWII. Type lost in WWII (according to Wu in Cui, personal communication, June 2013). •Valid as Triaenopogon microsquamis Wu 1931 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122]). •Synonym of Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Wu in Cui, personal communication, June 2013). Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific off southern China (if valid). Habitat: marine.