Microdesmus Günther [A.] 1864:26 Masc. Microdesmus dipus Günther 1864. Type by monotypy. Also as Günther 1864 (Sept.):231 [ref. 1976]. This family is now an informal grouping within the Gobiidae (Gill & Mooi 2010 [ref. 30792]). •Valid as Microdesmus Günther 1964 -- (Dawson 1979 [ref. 6947], Birdsong et al. 1988:200 [ref. 7303], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:451 [ref. 24550], Thacker 2000:951 [ref. 25100], Amaya et al. 2002:33 [ref. 26089], Thacker 2003:1798 [ref. 27112], Harrison et al. 2007:545 [ref. 30083], Gill & Mooi 2010:51 [ref. 30792], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738] in Gobiidae, Gill et al. 2017:371 [ref. 35670]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus Günther 1864. Microdesmidae: Microdesminae.