aeneofuscus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:681 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Sena, Zambezi River, Mozambique. Syntypes and possible syntypes: BMNH 1861.5.2.75 (1); ZMB 2105-07 (2, 3, 1), 17429 (1). Also in Peters 1868:18, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [ref. 3440]. •Valid as Chonophorus aeneofuscus (Peters 1852) -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters 1852) -- (Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Skelton 1993:363 [ref. 24071], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Stiassny & Harrison 2000:151 [ref. 25252], Skelton 2001:363 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Marshall 2011:264 [ref. 31755], Fricke et al. 2018:325 [ref. 35805], Esmaeili et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 37285], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871] as cf. aeneofuscus, Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], Parenti 2021:301 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448] with question, Larson 2022:157 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters 1852). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Madagascar and southern Iran. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.