After Nelson, 1994, and Thacker, 2000, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Microdesmidae [Cerdalidae] (matotokot; wormfishes, dartfishes)
   |?- Aioliops novaeguineae Rennis & Hoese, 1987
   |-- Ptereleotrinae (nuolitokot; dartfishes, firefishes) [N: 4/30] [FB: 4/33]
   `-- Microdesminae (matotokot: wormfishes) [N: 5/30] [FB: 4/16]

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