Microdesmidae

Wormfishes

92 species

1. 1Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese, 1987 · Shortfin minidartfishocean · tropical · reef
2. 2Aioliops megastigma Rennis & Hoese, 1987 · Bigspot minidartfishocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Aioliops novaeguineae Rennis & Hoese, 1987 · New guinea minidartfishocean · tropical · reef
4. 4Aioliops tetrophthalmus Rennis & Hoese, 1987ocean · tropical · reef
5. 5Cerdale fasciata Dawson, 1974brackish · ocean · tropical
6. 6Cerdale floridana Longley, 1934 · Pugjaw wormfishocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Cerdale ionthas Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · Spotted worm gobyocean · tropical
8. 8Cerdale paludicola Dawson, 1974brackish · ocean · tropical
9. 9Cerdale prolata Dawson, 1974ocean · tropical
10. 10Clarkichthys bilineatus (Clark, 1936) · Flagtail wormfishocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Gunnellichthys copleyi (Smith, 1951)ocean · tropical · reef
12. 12Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968 · Curious wormfishocean · tropical · reef
13. 13Gunnellichthys grandoculis (Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)ocean · tropical
14. 14Gunnellichthys irideus Smith, 1958ocean · tropical
15. 15Gunnellichthys monostigma Smith, 1958 · Onespot wormfishocean · tropical · reef
16. 16Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1858 · Onestripe wormfishocean · tropical · reef
17. 17Gunnellichthys viridescens Dawson, 1968 · Yellowstripe wormfishocean · tropical · reef
18. 18Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)brackish · ocean · tropical
19. 19Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · Olivaceous wormfishocean · tropical
20. 20Microdesmus africanus Dawson, 1979brackish · ocean · tropical
21. 21Microdesmus bahianus Dawson, 1973ocean · tropical
22. 22Microdesmus carri Gilbert, 1966 · Stippled wormfishbrackish · ocean · tropical
23. 23Microdesmus dipus Günther, 1864 · Banded worm gobyocean · tropical
24. 24Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson, 1968 · Spotback wormfishocean · tropical
25. 25Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936ocean · tropical
26. 26Microdesmus intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1928ocean · tropical
27. 27Microdesmus knappi Dawson, 1972ocean · tropical
28. 28Microdesmus lanceolatus Dawson, 1962 · Lancetail wormfishocean · tropical
29. 29Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910) · Pink wormfishocean · subtropical
30. 30Microdesmus luscus Dawson, 1977 · Blind wormfishocean · tropical
31. 31Microdesmus multiradiatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928ocean · tropical
32. 32Microdesmus retropinnis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · Rearfin wormfishocean · tropical
33. 33Microdesmus suttkusi Gilbert, 1966 · Spotside wormfishbrackish · ocean · tropical
34. 34Navigobius asayake Okamoto & Motomura, 2018 · Sunrise dartfishocean · temperate · reef
35. 35Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura, 2009ocean · subtropical
36. 36Navigobius kaguya Gill, Tea & Senou, 2017 · Kaguya's dartfishocean · subtropical · reef
37. 37Navigobius vittatus Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015 · Brunei dartfishocean · tropical · reef
38. 38Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973 · Elegant firefishocean · tropical · reef
39. 39Nemateleotris helfrichi Randall & Allen, 1973 · Helfrichs' dartfishocean · tropical · reef
40. 40Nemateleotris lavandula Tea & Larson, 2023 · Lavender-blushed dartfishocean · subtropical · reef
41. 41Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 · Fire gobyocean · tropical · reef
42. 42Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966 · Robust ribbongobyocean · tropical · reef
43. 43Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016ocean · tropical · reef
44. 44Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981 · Blue-barred ribbon gobyocean · tropical · reef
45. 45Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967ocean · tropical · reef
46. 46Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 · Sailfin ribbon-gobyocean · tropical · reef
47. 47Paragunnellichthys seychellensis Dawson, 1967 · Seychelle's wormfishocean · tropical · reef
48. 48Paragunnellichthys springeri Dawson, 1970ocean · tropical
49. 49Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese, 1985 · Poreless dartfishbrackish · tropical
50. 50Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010ocean · subtropical
51. 51Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958brackish · ocean · subtropical
52. 52Parioglossus formosus (Smith, 1931) · Beautiful hover gobybrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
53. 53Parioglossus galzini Williams & Lecchini, 2004ocean · subtropical
54. 54Parioglossus interruptus Suzuki & Senou, 1994 · Interrupted dartfishbrackish · tropical
55. 55Parioglossus lineatus Rennis & Hoese, 1985 · Lined hover gobybrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
56. 56Parioglossus marginalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985brackish · temperate
57. 57Parioglossus multiradiatus Keith, Bosc & Valade, 2004fresh · brackish · tropical
58. 58Parioglossus neocaledonicus Dingerkus & Séret, 1992fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
59. 59Parioglossus nudus Rennis & Hoese, 1985 · Naked hover gobyocean · tropical · reef
60. 60Parioglossus palustris (Herre, 1945) · Borneo hovererbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
61. 61Parioglossus philippinus (Herre, 1945) · Philippine dartfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
62. 62Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch, 1921 · Rainford's dartfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
63. 63Parioglossus raoi (Herre, 1939) · Rao's hover gobybrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
64. 64Parioglossus senoui Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010ocean · subtropical · reef
65. 65Parioglossus sinensis Zhong, 1994ocean · subtropical
66. 66Parioglossus taeniatus Regan, 1912 · Taeniatus dartfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
67. 67Parioglossus triquetrus Rennis & Hoese, 1985brackish · tropical
68. 68Parioglossus verticalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985 · Vertical hover gobyocean · tropical · reef
69. 69Parioglossus winterbottomi Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010ocean · tropical
70. 70Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese, 1985 · Arabian dartfishocean · subtropical
71. 71Ptereleotris brachyptera Randall & Suzuki, 2008 · Lowfin dartfishocean · tropical · reef
72. 72Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2012 · Bluemargin dartfishocean · tropical · reef
73. 73Ptereleotris calliura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · Blue gobyocean · tropical · reef
74. 74Ptereleotris carinata Bussing, 2001 · Panamic dartfishocean · tropical
75. 75Ptereleotris crossogenion Randall & Suzuki, 2008 · Fringechin dartfishocean · tropical · reef
76. 76Ptereleotris cyanops Kodeeswaran & Praveenraj, 2020ocean · tropical · reef
77. 77Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925) · Blackfin dartfishocean · tropical · reef
78. 78Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock, 1982 · Lined dartfishocean · tropical · reef
79. 79Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · Blue hana gobyocean · tropical · reef
80. 80Ptereleotris helenae (Randall, 1968) · Hovering gobyocean · tropical · reef
81. 81Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855) · Blacktail gobyocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Ptereleotris kallista Randall & Suzuki, 2008 · Beautiful Dartfishocean · tropical · reef
83. 83Ptereleotris lineopinnis (Fowler, 1935) · Sad gliderocean · tropical
84. 84Ptereleotris melanopogon Randall & Hoese, 1985ocean · tropical
85. 85Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856) · Blue gudgeonocean · tropical · reef
86. 86Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese, 1985 · Lyre-tail dart-gobyocean · tropical · reef
87. 87Ptereleotris randalli Gasparini, Rocha & Floeter, 2001 · Brazilian dartfishocean · tropical · reef
88. 88Ptereleotris rubristigma Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2012 · Redspot dartfishocean · tropical · reef
89. 89Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall & Hoese, 1985 · Flagtail dartfishocean · tropical · reef
90. 90Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler, 1938) · Chinese zebra gobyocean · tropical · reef
91. 91Pterocerdale insolita Hoese & Motomura, 2009fresh · tropical
92. 92Zagadkogobius ourlazon Prokofiev, 2017ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.