brevis, Hydrocyon Günther [A.] 1864:351 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River, Khartoum, Sudan. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.6.17.94-96 (3). •Valid as Hydrocynus brevis Günther 1864 -- (Paugy 1984:169 [ref. 6183], Brewster 1986:195 [ref. 8104], Paugy & Guégan 1989:68 [ref. 26479], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:199 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:18 [ref. 28023], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Hydrocynus brevis Günther 1864. Alestidae. Distribution: Africa: western Africa to the Nile River, Sudan. Habitat: freshwater.