africanus, Fusigobius neophytus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:208, Pl. 11 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 187 [?not 882]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 880 (16), 881-883 (1, 1, 1), 899-901 (1, 1, 2). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Goren 1979:39 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Hoese & Reader 1985:7 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479]). •In the synonymy of Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985 -- (Larson 2022:88 [ref. 39971], in part). •Synonym of Coryphopterus neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:518 [ref. 28175], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:158 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.