silvanus, Gobius Barnard [K. H.] 1943:258 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 36 (pt 2); ref. 13193] Knysna Lagoon, Cape Province, South Africa. Lectotype: SAM 26208 [ex SAM 19355]. Paralectotypes: SAM 19355 (20), State Mus. Windhoek P.561 (1, stained). Lectotype selected and species redescribed by Penrith & Penrith 1972:106 [ref. 22483]. •Valid as Pandaka silvana (Barnard 1943) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Parenti 2021:341 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:169 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pandaka silvana (Barnard 1943). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to northern Mozambique, east to Seychelles. Habitat: freshwater.