Species: Microdesmus dipus, Banded worm-goby, Scrawled worm-goby, Translucent worm-fish

Microdesmus dipus Günther, 1864

Scrawled worm-goby, Translucent worm-fish, Banded worm-goby

Slender, wormlike, body height 7% of SL; tail (without fin) slightly < 50% of SL; eyes small but not tiny, not skin covered, on side of head; lower jaw strongly projecting, with small fleshy lump at chin; mouth small, lips thin, with small flanges at sides; teeth tiny, even, close-set, in 2 irregular rows; gill opening large (not tubular), length ~ equal to base of pectoral; dorsal fin spines evenly spaced, XVI-XVIII, 36-41, origin 1/3 of pectoral length behind pectoral; anal II, 32-37; pectoral 11-13 rays; pelvics I, 3, shorter than pectorals; tail fin rounded; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; scales small, non-overlapping, well separated; body and head scaled except for tip of lower jaws and tip of snout; a flat band of diverging scales along bases of dorsal and anal fins; scales with 22 radiating lines.