Lepadichthys Waite [E. R.] 1904:(139) 180 Masc. Lepadichthys frenatus Waite 1904. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated on p. 139. •Valid as Lepadichthys Waite 1904 -- (Briggs 1955:136 [ref. 637], Allen 1984:629 [ref. 13673], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:342 [ref. 6441], Briggs 1986:379 [ref. 5643], Lindberg et al. 1997:196 [ref. 23547], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Craig et al. 2015:113 [ref. 33898], Fricke et al. 2018:315 [ref. 35805], Conway et al. 2018:100 [ref. 36157], Golani & Fricke 2018:144 [ref. 36273], Fujiwara & Motomura 2019:276 [ref. 36505], Fujiwara et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 37337], Fujiwara & Motomura 2020:833 [ref. 38019], Conway et al. 2020:889 [ref. 38030] in Diademichthyinae, Fujiwara et al. 2021:753 [ref. 38616], Fujiwara & Motomura 2021:1 [ref. 38729]). Current status: Valid as Lepadichthys Waite 1904. Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae.