occidentalis, Gobius (Oxyurichthys) Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:431 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 4 (no. 23); ref. 14366] Gunnal River, tributary to Cacheu River, Guinea-Bissau. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1909.10.29.109. •Valid as Gobionellus occidentalis (Boulenger 1909) -- (Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:933 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:810 [ref. 21590], Pezold 2004:291 [ref. 27686], Harrison et al. 2007:525 [ref. 30083], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33894], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Gobionellus occidentalis (Boulenger 1909). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to northern Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.