intermedius, Schilbe Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1832:6 [Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung meherer neuer Fische; ref. 18643] Lower Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: BMNH 1850.7.29.14 (1); SMF 202 (1), 2625 (1, dry), 6403 (1, skeleton). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:363-364 [ref. 29155] •Synonym of Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (De Vos 1986:44 [ref. 6191]). •Valid as Schilbe intermedius Rüppell 1832 -- (De Vos & Skelton 1990:323 [ref. 20129], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:441 [ref. 21590], Skelton 1993:225 [ref. 24071], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:161 [ref. 23748], Seegers 1996:183 [ref. 23725] with a holotype, Dankwa et al. 1999:30 [ref. 28023], Skelton 2001:225 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 131 [ref. 26059], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087], Ferraris 2007:363 [ref. 29155], De Vos 2007:641 [ref. 30029], Marshall 2011:152 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036], Van der Bank et al. 2017:378 [ref. 35707], Skelton 2019:235 [ref. 36564] as intermedium, Abwe et al. 2023:31 [ref. 39992], Akoth et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Schilbe intermedius Rüppell 1832. Schilbeidae. Distribution: Widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Habitat: freshwater.