mossambicus, Meiacanthus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:233, Pl. 17 (fig. 8) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 14; ref. 4123] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 216. Paratypes: (13) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 724 (1). •Valid as Meiacanthus mossambicus Smith 1959 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:97 [ref. 4144], Smith-Vaniz 1987:9 [ref. 6404], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2001:33 [ref. 26213], Patzner et al. 2009:456 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2018:313 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871] as cf. mossambicus, Williams & Springer 2022:365 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Meiacanthus mossambicus Smith 1959. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya) east to Comoros and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.