cobitiformis, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:211 [21] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Sevastopol and Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine. Syntypes: (up to 20) ZIN 2167 (1). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770) -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:144 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S52 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.