Microlipophrys caboverdensis is a species of marine fish in the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies.

[2] It is endemic to Cape Verde, eastern central Atlantic Ocean.

[1] The species was named and described as Lipophrys caboverdensis by Peter Wirtz and Hans Bath in 1989.

Its common name in Portuguese and Capeverdean Creole is "mané-cabeça".

It is an oviparous species; the eggs are attached to the substrate with a filamentous adhesive pad.