Asterropteryx Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:138 Fem. Asterropterix semipunctatus Rüppell 1830. Type by monotypy. Rüppell's original spelling was Asterropterix in text; spelled Asterropteryx on plate; under article 24.2.4, Rüppell himself serves as the first reviser using Asterropteryx in Rüppell 1838:140-141 [ref. 3844] (as observed by R. Pyle, 4/2005, pers. comm.). •Valid as Asterropteryx Rüppell 1830 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:340 [ref. 7348], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Allen & Munday 1995:99 [ref. 21938], Larson & Hoese 2001:28 [ref. 25837], Larson & Murdy 2001:3584 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002:274 [ref. 26337], Larson & Wright 2003:127 [ref. 27481], Greenfield & Randall 2004:506 [ref. 28175] as Asterropterix, Hoese & Larson 2006:1625 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Allen & Erdmann 2016:145 [ref. 34859], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.