melanospilus, Fundulus Pfeffer [G. J.] 1896:48, Fig. 19a [Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete v. 3; ref. 14617] Zanzibar island, eastern Tanzania, 6°47'S, 37°01'E. Syntypes: BMNH 1865.3.18.98-99 (3), BMNH 2016.12.2.1 [ex BMNH 1865.3.18.98-99] (lectotype of Costa 2017), ZMB 12849 (3). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:160 [ref. 19981]. Based on literature and specimens. Lectotype selected by Costa 2017:13 [ref. 35350], illustrated by Playfair & Günther 1867: Plate XV!!, fig. 3 [ref. 3490]. Lectotype invalid according to Wildekamp 2019:47 [ref. 36945]. •Valid as Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer 1896) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:268 [ref. 6198], Wildekamp et al. 1998:289 [ref. 23323], Seegers 1997:16 [ref. 23895], Lazara 2001:224 [ref. 25711], Wildekamp et al. 2002:9 [ref. 26060], Seegers et al. 2003:41 [ref. 28087], Neumann 2008:35 [ref. 30291], Valdesalici 2007:61 [ref. 29287], Valdesalici & Hengstler 2008:190 [ref. 29898], Costa 2009:123 [ref. 30421], Wildekamp et al. 2009:240 [ref. 30677], Reichard 2010:50 [ref. 30694], Valdesalici 2010:60 [ref. 30802], Valdesalici et al. 2012:19 [ref. 32064], Costa 2017:41 [ref. 35059], Costa 2017:8 [ref. 35350], Costa 2019:81 [ref. 36530], Wildekamp 2019:43 [ref. 36945]). Current status: Valid as Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer 1896). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Eastern Tanzania and Kenya: Unguja Island, Zanzibar archipelago and adjacent mainland coastal rivers south of the Wami River (Ruvu, Mbezi, and Rufiji River basins). Habitat: freshwater.