Table 1.
A list of 16 valid species and two nomina dubia in the genus Branchiostegus.
| Species | Source |
|---|---|
| B.albus Dooley, 1978 | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.argentatus (Cuvier, 1830) | Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.auratus (Kishinouye, 1907) | Kishinouye 1907; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.australiensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 | Dooley and Kailola 1988; Bray 2021 |
| B.biendong Hiramatsu, Vinh & Endo, 2019 | Hiramatsu et al. 2019 |
| B.doliatus (Cuvier, 1830) | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.gloerfelti Dooley & Kailola, 1988 | Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.hedlandensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 | Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.ilocanus Herre, 1928* | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.okinawaensis Hiramatsu & Yoshino, 2012 | Hiramatsu and Yoshino 2012 |
| B.paxtoni Dooley &Kailola, 1988 | Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.saitoi Dooley &Iwatsuki, 2012 | Dooley and Iwatsuki 2012 |
| B.sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969 | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Rau 1982; Muhammad and El-Mahdy 2022 |
| B.semifasciatus (Norman, 1931) | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.serratus Dooley &Paxton, 1975 | Dooley and Paxton 1975; Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.vittatus Herre, 1926* | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
| B.wardi Whitley, 1932 | Dooley 1978; Dooley and Kailola 1988 |
*Nomen dubium.