brichardi, Caecomastacembelus Poll [M.] 1958:389 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 57 (no. 3-4); ref. 3521] Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 118574. Paratypes: MRAC 118992-94 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:32 [ref. 21528]. Also appeared as new in Poll 1959:113, Pl. 20 (figs a-d) [ref. 3522]. •Valid as Caecomastacembelus brichardi Poll 1958 -- (Travers 1984:144 [ref. 5147], Gosse 1986:422 [ref. 6194]). •In Mastacembelus to agree with current placement of Caecomastacembelus. •Valid as Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll 1958) -- (Proudlove 2006:269 [ref. 28992], Vreven & Stiassny 2009:219 [ref. 30676], Brown et al. 2011:287 [ref. 31286], Kanu et al. 2022:67 [ref. 39409]). Current status: Valid as Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll 1958). Mastacembelidae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.