| Valid name | Gobius |
| Synonym | Gender:M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 262 |
| Synonym | Gobius (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Type: G. niger L., by subs. design. of Bleeker, 1874: 316. |
| Synonym | Cabotichthys Whitley, 1940, Austr. Nat., Sydney: 242 (repl. for Cabotia de Buen). |
| Synonym | Fagea de Buen, 1940, Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, (790): 9 (repl. for Cabotia de Buen). |
| Synonym | Cobius Georghiev, 1966, Proc. Res. Inst. Fish. Varna, 7: 184 (error for Gobius L.). |
| Synonym | Cabotia de Buen, 1930, Trab. Inst. Esp. oceanogr., (5): 7,17 (type: Cabotia schmidti de Buen, 1930, by orig. desig |
| Synonym | Macrogobius de Buen, 1930, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc, 10: 135 (type: Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814, by orig. design |