dewaali, Gobius Weber [M.] 1897:145 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 10; ref. 14640] Umgeni River, interior of Kwaulu-Natal, South Africa. Lectotype: ZMA 103238. Paralectotypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 415-416 (2, 2); ZMA 103239-40 (5, 12), 103272 (1). Type catalog: Matthes 1964:181 [ref. 19237], Nijssen et al. 1982:99 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Matthes 1964:181 [ref. 19237]. The original spelling was dewaali. •Valid as Redigobius dewaalii (Weber 1897) -- (Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Larson 2001:207 [ref. 25522]). •Valid as Redigobius dewaali (Weber 1897) -- (Hoese 1986:803 [ref. 5670], Skelton 1993:366 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:365 [ref. 27406] as dewaali, Larson 2010:146 [ref. 30783], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:351 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:170 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius dewaali (Weber 1897). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.