ephippiatus, Gobius Lowe [R. T.] 1839:84 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe 1839) -- (Miller 1973:512 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1082 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:947 [ref. 19376], Ahnelt & Kovačić 1997:150 [ref. 23095], Santos et al. 1997:103 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:105 [ref. 24952], Vacchi et al. 1999:326 [ref. 24369], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:136 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29533], Sauberer & Ahnelt 2008:278 [ref. 29915], Bañon et al. 2010:21 [ref. 31029], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:67 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Sauberer et al. 2018:360 [ref. 35962], Artüz & Fricke 2019:560 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:184 [ref. 37250], Trkov et al. 2019:65 [ref. 36880], Bariche & Fricke 2020:72 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Carballo et al. 2021:122 [ref. 39250], Golani 2021:77 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39014], Ragkousis et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38358], Borg et al. 2022:216 [ref. 39630], Kovačić et al. 2022: 86 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:215 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Morocco, including Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.