Subfamily Gobionellinae Bleeker 1874

Name in prevailing recent practice

"very distinct tribe" Gill 1859b:146 [ref. 1762] (tribe) Luciogobius [not named; not available]

Tridentigerinae Gill 1859c:16 [ref. 1753] (subfamily) Tridentiger [also Gill 1859e:195 [ref. 1758]]

Luciogobiiformes Bleeker 1874b:290, 300, 331 [ref. 437] (subfamily) Luciogobius

Gymnogobiini Bleeker 1874b:291, 296, 309 [ref. 437] (tribe) Gymnogobius

Triaenophorichthyini Bleeker 1874b:291, 296, 312 [ref. 437] (tribe) Triaenophorichthys

Brachygobii Bleeker 1874b:291, 297, 314 [ref. 437] (subtribe) Brachygobius

Platygobii Bleeker 1874b:291, 297, 315 [ref. 437] (subtribe) Platygobius

Chaeturichthyi Bleeker 1874b:291, 299, 324 [ref. 437] (subtribe) Chaeturichthys

Gobionelli Bleeker 1874b:291, 299, 325 [ref. 437] (subtribe) Gobionellus [family-group name used as valid by: Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Larson 1999 [ref. 23907], Larson 2001a [ref. 25769], Larson & Buckle 2005 [ref. 28489], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Larson 2009 [ref. 30125], Thacker 2009 [ref. 30058], Larson 2010 [ref. 30783], Ott 2011 [ref. 32266], Pezold 2011 [ref. 31727], Larson & Buckle 2012 [ref. 32272], Chatterjee & Mishra 2013 [ref. 32933], Thacker 2013 [ref. 32494]]

Gobioidinae Jordan & Eigenmann 1887:481 [ref. 8016] (subfamily) Gobioides

Gillichthyinae Iljin 1930:21 [ref. 2297] (subfamily) Gillichthys

Rhinogobiinae Takagi 1963:5, 175 [ref. 32635] (subfamily) Rhinogobius [unpublished work, not available]

Leucopsarioninae Takagi 1963:7, 175 [ref. 32635] (subfamily) Leucopsarion [unpublished work, not available]

Rhinogobiinae Hoese 1984:590 [ref. 5196] (subfamily) Rhinogobius [name only, published after 1960, not available, Article 13.1.1]

Polyspondylogobiinae Wu in Wu & Zhong 2008:16, 752, 903 (subfamily) Polyspondylogobius