timidus, Pleurosicyops Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:217, Fig. 35 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Baixo Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 228. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 696 (1). •Synonym of Pleurosicya muscarum (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Hoese 1986:800 [ref. 5670], Larson 1990:37 [ref. 16607], Randall 2005:547 [ref. 28239], Larson 2022:125 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Pleurosicya muscarum (Jordan & Seale 1906). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.