| Genus | species | Author | date | type locality | region | habitat | |
| Cerdale | fasciata | Dawson | 1974 | Brazil | 1 | marine | 1 |
| Cerdale | floridana | Longley | 1934 | Florida | 1 | marine | |
| Cerdale | ionthas | Jordan & Gilbert | 1882 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Cerdale | paludicola | Dawson | 1974 | Pacific Costa Rica | 5 | br, ma | |
| Cerdale | prolata | Dawson | 1974 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Clarkichthys | bilineatus | (Clark) | 1936 | Galapagos Is. | 5 | marine | 2 |
| Gunnellichthys | copleyi | (Smith) | 1951 | Mozambique | 4 | marine | 3 |
| Gunnellichthys | curiosus | Dawson | 1968 | Seychelles | 4 | marine | |
| Gunnellichthys | grandoculis | (Kendall & Goldsborough | 1911 | Marshall Islands | 7 | marine | |
| Gunnellichthys | irideus | Smith | 1958 | Mozambique | 4 | marine | |
| Gunnellichthys | monostigma | Smith | 1958 | Mozambique | 4 | marine | |
| Gunnellichthys | pleurotaenia | Bleeker | 1858 | Sulawesi | 4 | marine | |
| Gunnellichthys | viridescens | Dawson | 1968 | Seychelles | 4 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | aethiopicus | (Chabanaud) | 1927 | Cameroon | 2 | br, ma | 4 |
| Microdesmus | affinis | Meek & Hildebrand | 1928 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | africanus | Dawson | 1979 | Congo | 2 | br, ma | |
| Microdesmus | bahianus | Dawson | 1973 | Brazil | 1 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | carri | Gilbert | 1966 | Atlantic Costa Rica | 1 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | dipus | Gunther | 1864 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | dorsipunctatus | Dawson | 1968 | Pacific Panama | 5 | brackish | |
| Microdesmus | hildebrandi | Reid | 1936 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | intermedius | Meek & Hildebrand | 1928 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | knappi | Dawson | 1972 | Pacific Columbia | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | lanceolatus | Dawson | 1962 | Louisiana | 1 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | longipinnis | (Weymouth) | 1910 | Louisiana | 1 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | luscus | Dawson | 1977 | Dominica | 1 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | multiradiatus | Meek & Hildebrand | 1928 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | retropinnis | Jordan & Gilbert | 1882 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Microdesmus | suttkusi | Gilbert | 1966 | Pacific Costa Rica | 5 | brackish | |
| Paragunnellichthys | fehlmanni | Dawson | 1969 | Chagos Archipelago | 4 | marine | 5 |
| Paragunnellichthys | seychellensis | Dawson | 1967 | Seychelles | 4 | marine | |
| Paragunnellichthys | springeri | Dawson | 1970 | Sinai Peninsula | 4 | marine | |