odessicus, Neogobius platyrostris Pinchuk [V. I.] 1977:589 [519] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 8999] Black Sea near Odessa, Ukraine. Holotype: ZIN 2090 (142 mm). Paratypes: ZIN 2090a (1). Additional material ZIN 37272, 37891, 39174-76, 40006; ZMMU P-10965, P-11547-48, P-12885-88, P-12929. On p. 519 of English translation. •Synonym of Neogobius eurycephalus (Kessler 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1060 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:138 [ref. 23591]). •Synonymn of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Neogobius eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Pinchuk et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27348], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola eurycephalus (Kessler 1874) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487]). •Valid as Ponticola odessicus (Pinchuk 1877) -- (Parin et al. 2014:499 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola odessicus (Pinchuk 1977). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Black Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.