Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1811)
Synonyms:
Gobius batrachocephalus Pallas, 1811, Zoogr. rosso-asiat., 3: 149 (Balaklava, Crimea, USSR).
Gobius (Mesogobius) batrachocephalus: Bleeker, 1874: 317 | Duncker, 1928: 123 | de Buen, 1930: 140; 1931: 35, 53, fig. 16 | Borcea, 1934: 8, fig. 1-13, pl. I (fig. 1 4), pl. VII (fig. 45) | Iljin, 1956: 1921 | Banarescu, 1964: 853, fig. 377 | Svetovidov, 1964: 425, 427, fig. 148-149.
Gobius batrachocephalus forma batrachocephalus: Smitt, 1900: 546.
Mesogobius batrachocephalus: Iljin, 1926: 386 | Berg, 1949: 1096, fig. 825-826 Georghiev, 1966: 213, fig. 47-48 | Zambriborsch, 1968: 43.
Gobius batrachocephalus: Pinchuk, 1968a: 127.
Common names:
bychok-knut [Russia]
hanos [Romania]
knout goby [UK and USA]
lechos [Bulgaria]