Neogobius ratan (Nordmann, 1840)
Synonyms:
Gobius ratan Nordmann, 1840, Faun. Pont., 3: 416, pl. II (fig. 2) (Odessa).
Gobius trautvetteri: Kessler, 1874: 286 (part.) (nec Kessler, 1859).
Gobius cephalarges var. ratan: Smitt, 1900: 547.
Gobius rotan Iljin, 1926, Ezh. zool. Muz. Akad. Nauk, 27: 386 (error for G. ratan Nordmann).
Gobius (Ponticola) ratan: Iljin, 1927c: 134, 140 | de Buen, 1930: 141; 1931: 32, 52, fig. 15 | Iljin, 1956: 189 | Banarescu, 1964: 845 | Svetovidov, 1964: 426, 442, fig. 156-157.
Gobius (Ponticola) cephalarges: Borcea, 1934: 60 (part.), nec G. cephalarges Pallas, 1811).
Neogobius ratan: Berg, 1949: 1086 | Georghiev, 1966: 200, fig. 37-38 | Zambriborsch, 1968: 42.
Gobius ratan: Pinchuk, 1963: 1841; 1965: 729; 1968a: 128; 1968b: 620.
Gobius (Ponticola) ratan ratan: Banarescu, 1964: 845, fig. 374.
Common names:
byckok-rotan [Russia]
ratan goby [UK and USA]