multispinis, Ctenopoma Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1844:34 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844; ref. 13442] Quellimane, Mozambique. Holotype (unique): lost. Specimen from Peters: BMNH 1861.5.2.74 (1) (from Peters), FMNH 54262 [CM 2891; ex ZMB 1374] (1), MNHN 0000-2239 (1); SMF 1794 [ex ZMB in 1850] (1); ZMB (18): 1374, 1375, 1376, 23980, 32267. Type catalog: Blanc 1963:72 [ref. 19851], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:29 [ref. 12367], Paepke 1994:313 [ref. 21516]. Also described as new in Peters 1846:480, Pl. 10 (figs. 10-15) [ref. 3448]. See also Peters 1847:384, Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [ref. 6176]. Blanc 1963 designated a lectotype (as holotype), but that was on a non-type specimen. •Valid as Ctenopoma multispinis Peters 1844 -- (Bruton 1974:47 [ref. 41499], Vierke 1986:50 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:77 [ref. 36453]). •Valid as Ctenopoma multispine Peters 1844 -- (Gosse 1986:402 [ref. 6194], Skelton 1993:336 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:336 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:259 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:85 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:237 [ref. 36564], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Abwe et al. 2023:32 [ref. 39992]). Current status: Valid as Ctenopoma multispine Peters 1844. Anabantidae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.