frenatus, Mastacembelus Boulenger [G. A.] 1901:5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 7 (no. 37) (art. 1); ref. 5758] Northern end of Lake Tanganyika, Burundi. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1906.9.6.161. •Valid as Afromastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger 1901) -- (Travers 1984:145 [ref. 5147], Gosse 1986:416 [ref. 6194], Skelton 1993:340 [ref. 24071]). •Valid as Caecomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger 1901) -- (Seegers 1996:332 [ref. 23725], De Vos et al. 2001:132 [ref. 26059]). •Valid as Aethiomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger 1901) -- (Skelton 2001:340 [ref. 27406]). •Valid as Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger 1901 -- (Seegers et al. 2003:42 [ref. 28087], Vreven & Snoeks 2009:1019 [ref. 30552], Brown et al. 2011:287 [ref. 31286], Marshall 2011:260 [ref. 31755], Kullander & Roberts 2012:362, 369 [ref. 31751], Van Steenberge et al. 2014:336 [ref. 33291], Bruton et al. 2018:82 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:237 [ref. 36564], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Roberts 2021:74 [ref. 38074], Abwe et al. 2023:32 [ref. 39992], Akoth et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40069], Bigirimana et al. 2024:36 [ref. 41336]). Current status: Valid as Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger 1901. Mastacembelidae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa: upper Congo River basin (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Lake Tanganyika system. Habitat: freshwater.