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Species in the genus Belonophago: [ 2 ] records


hutsebouti, Belonophago Giltay [L.] 1929:272, Fig. [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 1795] Congo. Holotype: MRAC 19816. Paratypes: IRSNB 33 (1), MRAC 19817-19821 (5). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:11 [ref. 20755]. Correct spelling of species probably should have been hutsebauti since species was apparently named for the Belgian Catholic missionary Joseph Hutsebaut, which Giltay spelled Hutsebout (C. Scharpf,15 July 2012); name stands as is. •Valid as Belonophago hutsebouti Giltay 1929 -- (Daget & Gosse:1984 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Musschoot 2024:333 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Belonophago hutsebouti Giltay 1929. Distichodontidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

tinanti, Belonophago Poll [M.] 1939:25, Figs. 10-11 [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér C (Zoologie: Poissons, reptiles, amphibies) (Sér. 1) v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3513] Kinshasa and Kunungu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: MRAC 39438 (1) Kinshasa, 41740-59 (20) Kinshasa, 43896-906 (11) Kinshasa, 44277-308 (32, now 30, one in BMNH) Kinshasa, 52483-88 (6) Kunungu, 55104 (1) Kinshasa. Type catalog: Derijst 1991:30 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Belonophago tinanti Poll 1939 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:184 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Musschoot 2024:333 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Belonophago tinanti Poll 1939. Distichodontidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.


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