torvus, Blennius Gronow [L. T.] 1772:47, Pl. 3 [Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (Basile) v. 7; ref. 12602] Indian Ocean [in error]. •Valid as Congiopodus torvus (Gronow 1772) -- (Poss 1986:480 [ref. 6296], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:161 [ref. 25472], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:148 [ref. 28072], Poss 2022:564 [ref. 39726], Zhukov 2022:264 [ref. 39941]). Current status: Valid as Congiopodus torvus (Gronow 1772). Congiopodidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.