Pinnichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae.

They are found in the western Atlantic and the eastern Pacific, the genus was named in 2016.

[1] Three species previously classified in the genus Chriolepis have been included in Pinnichthys.

[1] Five species have been assigned to this genus:[1] There are no species listed under this genus in FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes classifies the Pacific species P. atrimela as Chriolepis atrimelus.

[3] This Gobiidae-related article is a stub.