Acanthogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:145 Masc. Gobius flavimanus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by monotypy. Kottelat (2013) places in the synonymy of Synechogobius Gill 1859. •Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:363 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:278 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:183, 184 [ref. 7303], Gomon et al. 1994:782 [ref. 22532], Lee 2001:50 [ref. 25335], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:214 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2003:S41 [ref. 28444], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:435 [ref. 30089] with subgenera, Hoese & Larson 2008:750 [ref. 30660], Pezold 2011:93 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:169 [ref. 31732], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:45 [ref. 32580], Parin et al. 2015:474 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Acanthogobius Gill 1859. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae.