silvestris, Hypsopanchax Poll [M.] & Lambert [J. G.] 1958:328, Figs. [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 58 (nos 3-4); ref. 12102] Lusambila River, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 124004. Paratypes: MRAC (1), MRAC 124005 (1) 124006-09 (4), 124010-13 (4), 124014-24 (11), 124025-50 (24), 124051 (1), 124052-57 (6), 124058 (1), 124059-60 (2), 124061-65 (5), 124066-75 (10) 124076-78 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:47 [ref. 21528]. •Synonym of Hylopanchax stictopleuron (Fowler 1949) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:188 [ref. 6198]). •Valid as Hylopanchax silvestris (Poll & Lambert 1958) -- (Radda 1981:9 [ref. 31276], Lazara 2001:169 [ref. 25711], van der Zee et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32863], Sonnenberg et al. 2014:582 [ref. 33430], Bragança et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37950], Fermon et al. 2022:265 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Hylopanchax silvestris (Poll & Lambert 1958). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Distribution: Central Africa: middle Congo basin and Cuvette Centrale (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.