africanus, Atherion Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:607, Pl. 98 (fig. B), Fig. 2 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 622. Paratypes: (13) MNHN 1965-0579 (1, poor condition); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 623 (3), 624 (6); USNM 199695 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:714 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherion africanus Smith 1965 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292]). •Valid as Atherion africanum Smith 1965 -- (Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:125 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:101 [ref. 35805], Ivantsoff 2022:335 [ref. 39714]). Current status: Valid as Atherion africanum Smith 1965. Atherionidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Comoros and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.