Genioliparis Andriashev & Neelov 1976. Type species Genioliparis lindbergi Andriashev & Neelov 1976 by designation.
Diagnosis (modified from Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 2008). One pair of nostrils. Disk, pseudobranchs, and pleural ribs absent. Branchiostegal rays six. Head large. Mouth large, terminal; lower jaw massive. Teeth simple, sharp, often depressible canines. Mandible to anus distance half or more of mandible to anal fin origin distance. Barbels on snout present. Three species known: G. lindbergi Andriashev and Neelov 1976 (South Shetland Islands), G. ferox (Stein 1978) (northeastern Pacific), and G. kafanovi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova 2008 (Ross Sea).