Gnatholepis (subgenus of Stenogobius) Bleeker [P.] 1874:318 Fem. Gobius anjerensis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Larson & Buckle 2005:72 [ref. 28489] for problems in the taxonomy of this genus. •Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874 -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:790 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:188 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Brito & Miller 2001:257 [ref. 25096], Larson 2001:42 [ref. 25522], Randall & Greenfield 2001:2 [ref. 25675], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Larson & Wright 2003:127 [ref. 27481], Larson & Buckle 2005:67 [ref. 28489], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:303 [ref. 29292], Suzuki & Randall 2009:1 [ref. 30324], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Pezold 2011:95 [ref. 31727], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Larson & Buckle 2012:7 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:316 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.