bensonii, Poecilia Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1864:395 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864; ref. 3437] Liberia. Syntypes: ZMB 5408 (1, missing). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:153 [ref. 19981]. Lectotype selected by Paepke & Seegers 1986:153 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:185 [ref. 6198], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Ghedotti 2000:38 [ref. 27228], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.