macrocephalus, Clarotes Daget [J.] 1954:257, Fig. 95 [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 36; ref. 11989] Upper Niger River, Sudan. Syntypes: (10) MNHN 1954-0003 (1) Diafarabé. Type catalog: Blanc 1961:270 [ref. 20870] with a holotype, Ferraris 2007:160 [ref. 29155] •Synonym of Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell 1829) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:142 [ref. 31367] with question, Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:402 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Clarotes macrocephalus Daget 1954 -- (Risch 1986:29 [ref. 6190], Burgess 1989:67 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:147 [ref. 19952], Poll & Gosse 1995:173 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:160 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Clarotes macrocephalus Daget 1954. Claroteidae. Distribution: Niger, Volta and Senegal rivers, Africa. Habitat: freshwater.