Ctenogobiops Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:191 Masc. Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959. Type by original designation; also monotypic as second species was tentatively referred to genus. •Valid as Ctenogobiops Smith 1959 -- (Polunin & Lubbock 1977:70 [ref. 3540], Lubbock & Polunin 1977:505 [ref. 7264], Yanagisawa 1978:293 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:32 [ref. 1852], Yoshino & Senou 1983:2 [ref. 5395], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson & Murdy 2001:3587 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2003:507 [ref. 27448], Hoese & Larson 2006:1639 [ref. 29097], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:279 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.