liberiensis, Mastacembelus Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:23 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 15 (pt 1, no. 1); ref. 547] Liberia. Lectotype: RMNH 5369a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 5369b (1). Based on Mastacembelus marchii of Steindachner (not Sauvage). Lectotype selected by Vreven & Teugels 2005:343 [ref. 28650] •Valid as Caecomastacembelus liberiensis (Boulenger 1898) -- (Travers 1984:145 [ref. 5147], Gosse 1986:424 [ref. 6194]). •Valid as Aethiomastacembelus liberiensis (Boulenger 1898) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Travers 1992:337 [ref. 14258], Travers in Lévêque et al. 1992:852 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger 1898 -- (Vreven & Teugels 2005:343 [ref. 28650], Pezold et al. 2016:107 [ref. 34870], Kanu et al. 2022:67 [ref. 39409]). Current status: Valid as Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger 1898. Mastacembelidae. Distribution: West Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast. Habitat: freshwater.