typus, Aplocheilichthys Bleeker [P.] 1863:116, Pl. 24 (fig. 1) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Guinea ("in pharyne Porthmei argentei reperta"). Holotype (unique): RMNH 1982. Holotype figured in Boeseman 1963:Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Huber 1982:67 [ref. 20638], Wildekamp et al. 1986:185 [ref. 6198], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:341 [ref. 26477], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.