africanus, Gymnapogon Smith [J. L. B.] 1954:791, Fig. 3; Pl. 13 (fig. F) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 7 (no. 82) (art. 97); ref. 4093] Shimoni, Kenya, 4°40'S, 39°30'E. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 358. Paratypes: (17) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 776-778 (5, 1, 4), 853 (2). •Valid as Gymnapogon africanus Smith 1954 -- (Gon 1986:560 [ref. 5657], Gon & Golani 2002:348 [ref. 26497], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Fraser 2016:431 [ref. 34421], Fricke et al. 2018:169 [ref. 35805], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:74 [ref. 36965], Yoshida et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36901], Fraser et al. 2022:188 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Gymnapogon africanus Smith 1954. Apogonidae: Pseudamiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya) east to Seychelles and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.