Ptereleotris Gill [T. N.] 1863:271 Fem. Eleotris microlepis Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ptereleotris Gill 1863 -- (Randall & Hoese 1985 [ref. 5197], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:802 [ref. 5670], Rennis & Hoese 1987:82 [ref. 6602], Birdsong et al. 1988:201 [ref. 7303], Bussing 2001:133 [ref. 26033], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1782 [ref. 27111], Hoese 2006:1708 [ref. 28998], Randall & Suzuki 2008:90 [ref. 29664], Hoese & Motomura 2009:49 [ref. 30598], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Kottelat 2013:436 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:294 [ref. 36673], Kodeeswaran & Praveenraj 2020:423 [ref. 37850]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris Gill 1863. Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae.