cloatus, Ctenogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:302, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 18; ref. 4126] Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 274. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (not researched). •Synonym of Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927) -- (Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927) -- (Hoese 1986:784 [ref. 5670], Miller 1990:927 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:60 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.