Species that contain: Congiopodus and spinifer [ 3 ] records

granulatus, Cephalinus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:161 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] South Africa. No types known. •Synonym of Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839). Current status: Synonym of Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839). Congiopodidae. Habitat: marine.

melanosoma, Agriopus Bleeker [P.] 1879:6, Pl. 3 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 18; ref. 17121] Mauritius [in error]. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:168 [ref. 24106] as the specimen illustrated in Pl. 3 in the original description (whereabouts unknown). Specimen probably was from South Africa and not Mauritius. •Synonym of Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839) -- (Fricke 1999:168 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839). Congiopodidae. Habitat: marine.

spinifer, Agriopus Smith [A.] 1839:no pagination, Pl. 3 [Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa v. 4; ref. 4035] Table Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique) (?): BMNH 1843.2.29.21 (stuffed). Other material (paratype?): MNHN 0000-6520 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:39-40 [ref. 20738] with 6520 as paratype. •Valid as Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839) -- (Paulin & Moreland 1979:603 [ref. 6925], Poss 1986:480 [ref. 6296], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:151 [ref. 25472], Fricke 1999:168 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:148 [ref. 28072], Ishii & Imamura 2008:159 [ref. 29610], Poss 2022:564 [ref. 39726], Zhukov 2022:264 [ref. 39941]). Current status: Valid as Congiopodus spinifer (Smith 1839). Congiopodidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean: Walvis Bay (Nambia) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then east to Pondoland (South Africa). Habitat: marine.