Cymatogaster Gibbons [W. P.] 1854:2, col. 3 Fem. Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:275 [ref. 1666]. Not of Gibbons 1854 (June 21) in "Placer Times" or 1854:123 [ref. 1610]; when name first appeared it did not mention the species for which Gibbons intended the genus, see Micrometrus. •Valid as Cymatogaster Gibbons 1854 -- (Tarp 1952:72 [ref. 12250], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:393 [ref. 24550], Bernardi & Bucciarelli 1999:79 [ref. 26598], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:661 [ref. 25968], Pietsch & Orr 2015:56 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Cymatogaster Gibbons 1854. Embiotocidae.