congicum, Ctenopoma Boulenger [G. A.] 1887:148 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 19 (no. 110) (art. 19); ref. 14472] Lagoons on islands of Lower Congo. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.1.13.11. •Valid as Ctenopoma congicum Boulenger 1887 -- (Gosse 1986:405 [ref. 6194], Vierke 1986:45 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:69 [ref. 36453], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Norris in Lévêque et al. 1992:840 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Microctenopoma congicum (Boulenger 1887) -- (Norris 1995:358 [ref. 21948], Krysanov & Golubtsov 2001:739 [ref. 25916], Norris 2007:259 [ref. 30044], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000], Fermon et al. 2022:228 [ref. 39448] with question, Walsh et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39281]). Current status: Valid as Microctenopoma congicum (Boulenger 1887). Anabantidae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Congo River system and Loémé River system (Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.