Benthophiloides Beling [D. E.] & Iljin [B. S.] 1927:309, 324 Masc. Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin 1927. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Iljin 1927:129, 131 [ref. 5613], earliest not established. •Valid as Benthophiloides Beling & Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1024 [ref. 13677], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:151 [ref. 27853], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:59 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:68 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophiloides Beling & Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.