Microbrotula Gosline [W. A.] 1953:218 Fem. Microbrotula rubra Gosline 1953. Type by original designation. •Valid as Microbrotula Gosline 1953 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:49 [ref. 881], Cohen & Wourms 1976 [ref. 7046], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:96 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:106 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1984 [ref. 24753], Machida 2000:124 [ref. 25106], Anderson 2005:34 [ref. 28240], Hoese & Gates 2006:573 [ref. 28997], Anderson 2007:1 [ref. 29164], Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2011:148 [ref. 31714], Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2012:72 [ref. 32349], Møller & Nielsen 2015:734 [ref. 34260], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:779 [ref. 34391], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Microbrotula Gosline 1953. Bythitidae.