petherici, Ctenopoma Günther [A.] 1864:211 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 13 (no. 75); ref. 18181] Upper Nile River, at Chartoum and Gondokoro. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.3.9.17 (1, 6.5 in.), ZMB 5296 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1994:314 [ref. 21516]. Boulenger 1864:348 [ref. 17101] states, "I propose to retain the name Petherici for the large specimen figured in Petherick's `travels,' the others, the supposed young, representing a smaller species, which I have the pleasure in naming after Dr. J. Murie...[Anabas muriei]." •Valid as Ctenopoma petherici Günther 1864 -- (Gosse 1986:412 [ref. 6194], Vierke 1986:55 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:84 [ref. 36453], Norris & Teugels 1990:496 [ref. 15717], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Norris in Lévêque et al. 1992:846 [ref. 21590], Norris & Douglas 1992:716 [ref. 19869], Dankwa et al. 1999:49 [ref. 28023], Krysanov & Golubtsov 2001:739 [ref. 25916], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Fermon et al. 2022:228 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Ctenopoma petherici Günther 1864. Anabantidae. Distribution: Northeast Africa: Nile River system (Egypt and Sudan). Habitat: freshwater.