Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861

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Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861

Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau, 1861:65 . Type locality: lac N’gami, Afrique australe . [Type locality of neotype is “ Kavango: Okavango River, Rundu 17°54’S, 19°46’E ”. Namibia]. Neotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 22228. [The original type specimens are lost (Boulenger, 1907c); neotype designated by Paugy, Guégan (1989)].

Hydrocyon lineatus Schlegel , in Bleeker , 1863:125. Type locality: Guinea (Ashantee). [The locality “ Guinea ” as used in the original description refers probably to “Gulf of Guinea”; “Ashantee” was the name of an old kingdom located in present Ghana]. Holotype: RMNH 3249 .

Distribution: 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 522, 523, 525, 530, 535, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549, 550, 555, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 569, 570, 576 (Paugy, Guégan, 1989; Skelton, 2001; Paugy, 2003; Paugy, Schaefer, 2007; Seegers et al., 2003; Seegers, 1996; De Vos et al., 2001; Van Steenberge et al., 2014; Mbimbi Mayi Munene, Stiassny, 2011; Banister, Bailey, 1979; Marshall, 2011; Kisekelwa et al., 2020).