Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832)

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Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832)

Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832:12 , Pl. 2 (fig. 3). Type locality: Cairo, Nil. [ Nile , Egypt]. Holotype: SMF 1051 .

Myletes allenii Bennett, 1834:45 . Type locality: Quorra River, into the interior of Africa. [Quorra River is an old name for the lower course of the Niger River]. No types known.

Myletes guilé Joannis, 1835 :no page number, Pl. 9. Type locality: Thèbes , Nil. [Nile, Egypt]. Holotype: MNHN A-9717.

Chalceus guile Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:255. Type locality: Thèbes, Nil & Richardsthal, Sénégal. Syntypes: MNHN A-9767 (1); MNHN A-9768 (3). [Some authors (Bertin, 1948; Paugy, 1984) also include MNHN A-9717 as syntype, which is also the holotype of Myletes guile Joannis, 1835 . The length of this specimen, MNHN A-9717, is indicated as “6 pouces”, while Valenciennes (1850) mentioned only one specimen with a length of “5 pouces et demi” from Thèbes. Most probably MNHN A-9767 should be considered as the only syntype from Thèbes for Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850 ].

Brachyalestes rüppellii Günther, 1864:315 . Type locality: Chartoum , Upper Nile. [ Sudan]. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.6.17.15–16 (2); BMNH 1862.6 .17.154 (1).

Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1907b:139 . Type locality: Soubré (Bassin de la Moyenne Sassandra), Côte d’Ivoire. Syntypes: MNHN 1907-0320 (1); MNHN 1907-0321 (1).

Alestes nurse var. nana Pellegrin, 1935a:133 . Type locality: Nanoropus (lac Rodolphe), altitude 565 m. [“lac Rodolphe” is an old name for Lake Turkana. Kenya]. Syntypes: MNHN 1933-0084 (7); MNHN 1933-0085 (6); MNHN 1933-0086 (7); NMBA 4888 (1).

Alestes dageti Blache, Miton, 1960:100 . Type locality: Lac Tchad, zone E.-S.-E. en bordure des Ilôts-bancs (loc. Bangarom). [ Chad]. Syntypes: MNHN 1959-0224 (19); CEPFL 1082–1089 (8); CEPFL 1091-1094 (4). [Original description gives both “types” ( MNHN 1959-0224 ) and “ paratypes ” ( CEPFL 1082–1089 and CEPFL 1091-1094 ), all to be treated as syntypes (See ICZN, 1999: Art. 72.1 and 73.2)].

Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973:51 , fig. (p.55). Type locality: dans le Niger à Boubon, à 20 km au Nord de Niamey, République du Niger. Holotype: MH-V 436. [MHV stands for “Musée de Haute-Volta ”, now

Musée National de Burkina Faso].

Distribution: 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 522, 523, 524, 530 (Paugy, 1986; Bailey, 1994; Paugy, 2003; Seegers et al., 2003; Paugy, Schaefer, 2007).