Aspidophoroides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:227, 228 Masc. Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède 1801 (= Cottus monopterygius Bloch 1786). Type by monotypy. Spelled Aspidophor. on p. 227, and Aspidophoroïdes on p. 228. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:274 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473] as Aspidophoroïdes. •Valid as Aspidophoroides Lacepède 1801 -- (Washington et al. 1984:442 [ref. 13660], Kanayama in Masuda et al. 1984:333 [ref. 6441], Yabe 1985:123 [ref. 11522], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:345 [ref. 15964], Maeda & Amaoka 1988:112 [ref. 12616], Kanayama 1991:88 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993:71 [ref. 21227], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:529 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S96 [ref. 28300], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:7 [ref. 27591], Glubokov & Orlov 2008:426 [ref. 31013], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:125 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:285 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:103 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Valid as Aspidophoroides Lacepède 1801. Agonidae: Anoplagoninae.