africanus, Microdesmus Dawson [C. E.] 1979:204, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1979 (no. 2); ref. 6947] Banana (Banane), Kinshasa [Léopoldville], Congo River estuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: AMNH 29404. Paratypes: GCRL 16026 (1, c&s). •Valid as Microdesmus africanus Dawson 1979 -- (Dawson 1990:960 [ref. 17542], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738], Thacker in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2845 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:383 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus africanus Dawson 1979. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Congo River estuary. Habitat: brackish, marine.