THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Microdesmidae · Clear filter
85 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese, 1987 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aioliops megastigma Rennis & Hoese, 1987 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pugjaw wormfishCerdale floridana Longley, 1934 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerdale paludicola Dawson, 1974 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| flagtail wormfishClarkichthys bilineatus (Clark, 1936) | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunnellichthys copleyi (Smith, 1951) | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunnellichthys grandoculis (Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911) | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunnellichthys irideus Smith, 1958 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunnellichthys monostigma Smith, 1958 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowstripe wormfishGunnellichthys viridescens Dawson, 1968 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927) | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| olivaceous wormfishMicrodesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus africanus Dawson, 1979 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus bahianus Dawson, 1973 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| stippled wormfishMicrodesmus carri Gilbert, 1966 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded wormfishMicrodesmus dipus Günther, 1864 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotback wormfishMicrodesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson, 1968 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus knappi Dawson, 1972 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lancetail wormfishMicrodesmus lanceolatus Dawson, 1962 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pink wormfishMicrodesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910) | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus luscus Dawson, 1977 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microdesmus multiradiatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rearfin wormfishMicrodesmus retropinnis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotside wormfishMicrodesmus suttkusi Gilbert, 1966 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Navigobius asayake Okamoto & Motomura, 2018 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura, 2009 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Navigobius kaguya Gill, Tea & Senou, 2017 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| elegant firefishNemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nemateleotris exquisita Randall & Connell, 2013 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nemateleotris helfrichi Randall & Allen, 1973 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon formosum Fourmanoir, 1967 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paragunnellichthys fehlmanni Dawson, 1969 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paragunnellichthys seychellensis Dawson, 1967 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paragunnellichthys springeri Dawson, 1970 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese, 1985 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus galzini Williams & Lecchini, 2004 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus interruptus Suzuki & Senou, 1994 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus lineatus Rennis & Hoese, 1985 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parioglossus marginalis Rennis & Hoese, 1985 | MicrodesmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
85 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.