Pseudocalliurichthys Nakabo [T.] 1982:104 Masc. Callionymus variegatus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Callionymus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fricke 1982:58 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:57 [ref. 8349]). •Synonym of Callionymus Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Pseudocalliurichthys -- (Fricke 2002:10, 101 [ref. 26547]). •Valid as Pseudocalliurichthys Nakabo 1982 -- (Houde 1984:637 [ref. 13674], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:344 [ref. 6441], Nakabo & Hayashi 1991 [ref. 20443], Gomon et al. 1994:779 [ref. 22532], Nakabo et al. 1998:455 [ref. 23313], Hoese & Bray 2006:1587 [ref. 29000], Hoese & Bray 2006:1587 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Yearsley 2008:745 [ref. 30631], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2010:70 [ref. 31555]). Current status: Synonym of Callionymus Linnaeus 1758. Callionymidae.