mossambicus, Distichodus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:275 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi River [Sambesi], at Tette, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 3564 (1), 6613 (1). Type catalog: Zarske 2011:73 [ref. 31375]. Also in Peters 1868:71, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [ref. 3440]. •Valid as Distichodus mossambicus Peters 1852 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:190 [ref. 6185], Skelton 1993:194 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:194 [ref. 27406], Zarske 2011:73 [ref. 31375], Marshall 2011:123 [ref. 31755], Moelants et al. 2014:1731 [ref. 35459], Moelants et al. 2018:191 [ref. 35738], Musschoot 2024:337 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Distichodus mossambicus Peters 1852. Distichodontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa: Zambezi River basin. Habitat: freshwater.