grossholzii, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1894:137 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 31 (no. 14) (for 25 May 1894); ref. 20493] Lake Kuçuk-Çekilometersece [Küjük Cekilometersedze], Turkey, Sea of Marmara (Mediterranean Sea). Syntypes: (several) NMW 34032-34 (3), 34035-36 (2), 34037-42 (6), 34043-44 (2), 34045-50 (6), 34051-60 (13), 34061-62 (2), 49912 (2). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1894:447, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 14564]. •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1083 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:504 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.