esquivel, Taenioides Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:814 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Costa da Sol, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique) (?): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 261. •Valid as Taenioides esquivel Smith 1947 -- (Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:385 [ref. 6218], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2021:63 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:23 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Valid as Taenioides esquivel Smith 1947. Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: brackish, marine.