capensis, Mugil Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:108 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-4643 (1, dry), A-4700 (1, dry) Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:682 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Myxus capensis (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Thomson 1986:349 [ref. 6215], Smith & Smith 1986:718 [ref. 5717], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251], Skelton 1993:352 [ref. 24071], Poll & Gosse 1995:107 [ref. 24781], Thomson 1997:474 [ref. 23428], Skelton 2001:352 [ref. 27406], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:368 [ref. 28072], Ghasamzadeh 2022:324 [ref. 39712]). •Valid as Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Durand et al. 2012:695 [ref. 32366], Durand 2016:35 [ref. 35589], Durand & Whitfield 2016:106 [ref. 35590] with author as Valenciennes 1836, Russell & van Oijen 2021:432 [ref. 38177]). Current status: Valid as Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes 1836). Mugilidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.