Platygobiopsis, Springer & Randall, 1992

Larson, Helen K., Jaafar, Zeehan, Hui, Tan Heok & Peristiwady, Teguh, 2020, Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 14-18 : 17

Key to known species of Platygobiopsis

1. Scales present on pre-pelvic area and belly and always some predorsal scales present; chin barbels may be present ..........2

— Scales absent from pre-pelvic area, belly, and predorsal; no barbels on chin ........... Platygobiopsis hadiatyae , new species

2. SeconddorsalandanalraysI,12—14; predorsalscalesextending to at least half-way above opercle; a short barbel on either side of chin present or absent.........................................................3

— SeconddorsalandanalraysI,11; predorsalscalesextending forward at side to half-way above cheek, with scaleless area in wedge at midline above opercle; a short barbel on either side of chin ...................................... P. dispar Prokofiev, 2008

3. SeconddorsalandanalraysI,12; predorsalscalesextending forward to half-way above cheek; a short barbel on either side of chin............................ P. akihito Springer & Randall, 1992

— SeconddorsalandanalraysI,13—14; predorsalscalesextending forward to half-way above opercle; no barbels on chin .......... .......................................................... P. tansei Okiyama, 2008