smykalai, Alestopetersius Poll [M.] 1967:84, 97, Fig. 19 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 162; ref. 3529] Aba, Lower Niger, Nigeria. Holotype: MRAC 153776. Paratypes: MRAC 153777 (1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:24 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Rhabdalestes smykalai (Poll 1967) -- (Paugy 1990:82 [ref. 19787], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:229 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367]). •Valid as Phenacogrammus smykalai (Poll 1967) -- (Géry 1995:54 [ref. 22057]). •Valid as Alestopetersius smykalai Poll 1967 -- (Paugy 1984:162 [ref. 6183], Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny 2012:59 [ref. 31766]). Current status: Valid as Alestopetersius smykalai Poll 1967. Alestidae. Distribution: Western Africa: Niger River basin, Nigeria. Habitat: freshwater.