africanus, Paratyntlastes Giltay [L.] 1935:12, Fig. 3 [Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique v. 11 (no. 36); ref. 1797] Moanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 39278. Paratypes: (11) IRSNB 44 (1), MRAC 39279-89 (11). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Gobioides africanus (Giltay 1935) -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:932 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:803 [ref. 21590], Murdy 1998:125 [ref. 23380], Harrison et al. 2007:501 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:265 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Gobioides africanus (Giltay 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.