heudelotii, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:73, Pl. 428 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN B-0689 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:8 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:31 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Arius heudelotii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:154 [ref. 6195], Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Taylor 1990:230 [ref. 14194], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:567 [ref. 21590]). •Mention -- (Kailola 2004:146 [ref. 28108]). •Incertae sedis in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:31 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Carlarius heudelotii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:37 [ref. 29031], Marceniuk et al. 2012:666 [ref. 32225], Acero P. & Betancur-R. 2016:1746 [ref. 34564], Fermon et al. 2022:153 [ref. 39448], Marceniuk et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Carlarius heudelotii (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Niger River basin, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria and Senegal, Gabon, Angola (?). Habitat: freshwater.