Subfamily Gobiinae Cuvier 1816

Plécopodes Duméril 1805:122 [ref. 1151] (family)? Gobius [latinized to Plecopodia by Rafinesque 1815:87 [ref. 3584]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1; not based on Plecopodus]

Gobioïdes Cuvier 1816:249 [ref. 993] (family) Gobius [latinized to Gobioidae by Fleming 1822:391 [ref. 5063], latinized to Gobii by Jarocki 1822:133, 168 [ref. 4984]; latinized to Gobioides by Schinz 1822:407 [ref. 3926]; latinized to Gobidae by Bonaparte 1831:159, 176 [ref. 4978]; latinized to Gobioidei by Eichwald 1831:73 [ref. 5562]; considered valid with this authorship by Müller 1843:296 [ref. 3063], by Gill 1859b:145 [ref. 1762], by Gill 1893b:136 [ref. 26255], by Carus 1893:676 [ref. 17975] and by Koumans 1931:1 [ref. 5623] Article 11.7.2]

? Pareleotrini Bleeker 1874b:290, 295, 306 [ref. 437] (tribe)? [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Gobiodontini Bleeker 1874b:291, 296, 308 [ref. 437] (tribe) Gobiodon

Latrunculini Bleeker 1874b:291, 296, 310 [ref. 437] (tribe) Latrunculus Günther [invalid, Article 39]

Eugobii Bleeker 1874b:291, 297, 316 [ref. 437] (tribe)? Gobius [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Brachyeleotrii Bleeker 1875a:103 [ref. 440] (subtribe) Brachyeleotris

Amblyeleotrii Bleeker 1875a:104 [ref. 440] (subtribe) Amblyeleotris

Crystallogobiinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2192 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Crystallogobius [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Doliichthyidae Jordan 1923a:227 [ref. 2421] (family) Doliichthys

Bentophilina [Benthophilina] Beling & Iljin 1927:323 [ref. 7211] (tribe) Benthophilus [corrected to Benthophilina by Iljin 1927:129, 136 [ref. 5613], stem Benthophil- confirmed by Koumans 1931:146 [ref. 5623], by Lindberg 1971:186 [ref. 27211] and by Neilson & Stepien 2009:95 [ref. 30487]]

Aphyina Iljin 1927:128, 136 [ref. 5613] (tribe) Aphia [as Aphya, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; Lozano Rey 1960:40 [ref. 32636] used Aphynae (subfamily); correct stem is Aphi-]

Valencienneinae Fowler 1938a:129 [ref. 1426] (subfamily) Valenciennea

Calleleotrinae Smith 1947:807 [ref. 4073] (subfamily) Calleleotris [name only, but used as valid by Hoese 1985:590 [ref. 5196] Article 13.2.1]

Croiliinae Smith 1955b:106 [ref. 4095] (subfamily) Croilia [also Smith 1955f:23 [ref. 4101]]

Austrolethopinae Smith 1958b:139, 155 [ref. 4118] (subfamily) Austrolethops

Lioterinae Smith 1958b:139, 156 [ref. 4118] (subfamily) Lioteres

Lebetinae Lozano Rey 1960:29 [ref. 32636] (subfamily) Lebetus

Callogobiinae Takagi 1963:5, 173 [ref. 32635] (subfamily) Callogobius [unpublished work, not available]

Gobiosomini Birdsong 1975:182 [ref. 17218] (tribe) Gobiosoma [stem corrected to Gobiosomat- by Smith & Baldwin 1999:439 [ref. 24419], confirmed by Rüber, van Tassell & Zardoya 2003:1584 [ref. 26969]]

Ponticolini Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487] (tribe) Ponticola

Neogobiini Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487] (tribe) Neogobius