Microdesmus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = MicrodesmusDipusJury.jpg
| image_caption = Microdesmus dipus
| taxon = Microdesmus
| authority = Günther, 1864
| type_species = Microdesmus dipus
| type_species_authority = Günther, 1864
| synonyms =
- Leptocerdale Weymouth, 1910
}}
Microdesmus is a genus of wormfishes native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Microdesmus| month = December | year = 2013}}
- Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)
- Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Olivaceous wormfish)
- Microdesmus africanus C. E. Dawson, 1979
- Microdesmus bahianus C. E. Dawson, 1973
- Microdesmus carri C. R. Gilbert, 1966 (Stippled wormfish)
- Microdesmus dipus Günther, 1864 (Banded worm goby)
- Microdesmus dorsipunctatus C. E. Dawson, 1968 (Spotback wormfish)
- Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936
- Microdesmus intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Microdesmus knappi C. E. Dawson, 1972
- Microdesmus lanceolatus C. E. Dawson, 1962 (Lancetail wormfish)
- Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910) (Pink wormfish)
- Microdesmus luscus C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Blind wormfish)
- Microdesmus multiradiatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Microdesmus retropinnis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Rearfin wormfish)
- Microdesmus suttkusi C. R. Gilbert, 1966 (Spotside wormfish)