Lepadogaster Goüan [A.] 1770:106, 177 Fem. Lepadogaster gouanii Risso 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared without species, first species apparently added by Risso 1810:72 et seq. [ref. 3755]; type by subsequent designation, perhaps by Jordan 1917:28 [ref. 2407]; type is not by tautonymy as Cyclopterus lepodogaster [lepadogster of authors] Bonaterre 1888 was not included by Risso. Lepidogaster Kent 1883:55 placed on Official Index as incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 638). •Valid as Lepadogaster Goüan 1770 -- (Briggs 1955:33 [ref. 637], Briggs 1973:653 [ref. 7222], Briggs in Whitehead et al. 1986:1356 [ref. 13677], Allen 1984:629 [ref. 13673], Henriques et al. 2002:327 [ref. 26172], Almada et al. 2008:1151 [ref. 29550], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2015:471 [ref. 33547], Conway et al. 2020:889 [ref. 38030] in Lepadogastrinae). Current status: Valid as Lepadogaster Goüan 1770. Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae.