Diademichthys Pfaff [J. R.] 1942:413 Masc. Diademichthys deversor Pfaff 1942. Type by original designation (also monotypic). According to Briggs (1955:141 [ref. 637]), Diademichthys and Coronichthys Herre Aug. 1942 are synonyms, Diademichthys appeared in May 1942 and is therefore the older name. •Valid as Diademichthys 1942 -- (Briggs 1955:141 [ref. 637], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:342 [ref. 6441], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Hoese & Bray 2006:1574 [ref. 29000], Conway et al. 2018:100 [ref. 36157], Fricke et al. 2019:262 [ref. 36673], Conway et al. 2020:889 [ref. 38030] in Diademichthyinae). Current status: Valid as Diademichthys Pfaff 1942. Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae.