robustus, Mugil Günther [A.] 1861:432 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Coast of Madagascar. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1972.11.27.2. •Valid as Valamugil robustus (Günther 1861) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:719 [ref. 5717], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Thomson 1997:504 [ref. 23428], Fricke 1999:362 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24548], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:368 [ref. 28072]). •Valid as Moolgarda robusta (Günther 1861) -- (Fricke et al. 2009:30 [ref. 30213], Durand & Whitfield 2016:109 [ref. 35590] with author as Günther 1861, Fricke et al. 2018:94 [ref. 35805], Ghasamzadeh 2022:321 [ref. 39712]). •Valid as Osteomugil robustus (Günther 1861) -- (Durand & Borsa 2015:268 [ref. 34115], Durand 2016:34 [ref. 35589], Arndt & Fricke 2019:22 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2024:79 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Osteomugil robustus (Günther 1861). Mugilidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Madagascar and Mascarenes (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.