platysoma, Mastacembelus Poll [M.] & Matthes [H.] 1962:22, Pl. 6 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 111; ref. 3538] Luhanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 94672. Paratypes: MRAC 131219 (1), 131220-24 (5), 131225-29 (7). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:55 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Afromastacembelus platysoma (Poll & Matthes 1962) -- (Travers 1984:145 [ref. 5147], Gosse 1986:419 [ref. 6194]). •Valid as Caecomastacembulus platysoma (Poll & Matthes 1962). •Valid as Mastacembelus platysoma Poll & Matthes 1962 -- (Vreven 2005:1540 [ref. 28140], Vreven & Snoeks 2009:1019 [ref. 30552], Vreven & Stiassny 2009:219 [ref. 30676], Brown et al. 2011:287 [ref. 31286]). Current status: Valid as Mastacembelus platysoma Poll & Matthes 1962. Mastacembelidae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.