nigri, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:27 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Niger River. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1847.4.4.22 (1). •Valid as Bathygobius nigri (Günther 1861) -- (Fricke 1999:502 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Mauligobius nigri (Günther 1861) -- (Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:942 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:812 [ref. 21590], Brito & Miller 2001:270 [ref. 25096], Harrison et al. 2007:527 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:218 [ref. 31738], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Fermon et al. 2022:224 [ref. 39448] with question, Parenti 2021:199 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Mauligobius nigri (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea [possibly only Cape Verde Islands]. Habitat: brackish, marine.