luridus, Acanthogobius Ni [Y.] & Wu [H.-L.] 1985:384 (English p. 387), Fig. 2 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 17258] Chang Jiang [Yangtze River] off Baozhen, Chongming, Shanghai, China. Holotype: DHFRI [spec. SN-1286]. Paratypes: (10) at DHFRI and SFC. •Valid as Synechogobius luridus (Li & Wu 1985) -- (Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Acanthogobius luridus Ni & Wu 1985 -- (Shibukawa & Taki 1996:84 [ref. 22115], Kim 1997:443 [ref. 24032], Lee 2001:50 [ref. 25335], Kim & Park 2002:367 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:398, 657 [ref. 26218], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:46 [ref. 32580]). Current status: Valid as Acanthogobius luridus Ni & Wu 1985. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: China and Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.