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potamogalis, Enteromius Cope [E. D.] 1867:405 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13); ref. 18027] "Streams and rivers 50-60 miles north of the equator and same distance from the ocean, West Africa." [Tributaries of the Rio Muni, Republic of Equatorial Guinea]. Syntypes: ANSP 7607-21 (15), MNHN 0000-4685 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:28 [ref. 19574], Böhlke 1984:87 [ref. 13621]. Also appeared in Cope in Günther 1868:134. See Roberts 2010:188 [ref. 30988] for locality information. •Synonym of Barbus ablabes (Bleeker 1863) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:219 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Barbus potamogalis (Cope 1867) -- (Roberts 2010:188 [ref. 30988]). •Valid as Enteromius potamogalis Cope 1867 -- (Yang et al. 2015:112 [ref. 33694], Hayes & Armbruster 2017:355 [ref. 35417], Fermon et al. 2022:141 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Enteromius potamogalis Cope 1867. Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.


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