Gunnellichthys Bleeker [P.] 1858:3, 9 Masc. Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker 1858. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gunnellichthys Bleeker 1858 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:288 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:200 [ref. 7303], Thacker 2000:951 [ref. 25100], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Hoese 2006:1703 [ref. 28988], Gill & Mooi 2010:51 [ref. 30792], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Ho et al. 2013:74 [ref. 33261], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Gunnellichthys Bleeker 1858. Microdesmidae: Microdesminae.