sowerbyi, Rhinogobius Ginsburg [I.] 1917:100 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 54 (no. 2228); ref. 15121] Yalu River, China. Holotype: USNM 76734. Paratypes: USNM 76734a (1). See Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085] for remarks on systematics. •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Kim 1997:584 [ref. 24032], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Ctenogobius sowerbyi (Ginsburg 1917) -- (Zhu 1995:182 [ref. 25213], Valil'eva 2007:697 [ref. 29425]). •Valid as Rhinogobius sowerbyi Ginsburg 1917 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:504 [ref. 33547], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius sowerbyi Ginsburg 1917. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Yellow Sea, Japan Sea and Okhotsk Sea (Far East Russia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.