rotundiceps, Gephyroglanis Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1905:412 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 22 (no. 4); ref. 15364] Bubu River at Irangi = [Kondoa], ca. 4°55'S, 35°45'E, East Africa. Lectotype: ZMB 16392. Paralectotypes: (19) BMNH 1905.7.25.43-46 (4); MRAC 76-50-P-1 (1); ZMB ?16391 (1), 32379 [ex ZMB 16392](9). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:28 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Seegers 1996:196 [ref. 23725]. •Valid as Leptoglanis rotundiceps (Hilgendorf 1905) -- (Risch 1986:31 [ref. 6190], Burgess 1989:68 [ref. 12860], Skelton 1993:219 [ref. 24071], Seegers 1996:196 [ref. 23725], Skelton 2001:219 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:131 [ref. 26059] as aff. rotundiceps, Diogo 2003:430 [ref. 26979], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087] as aff. rotundiceps). •Valid as Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf 1905) -- (Roberts 2003:98 [ref. 26744], Ferraris 2007:28 [ref. 29155], Eccles et al. 2011:20 [ref. 31326], Kullander & Roberts 2012:361, 367 [ref. 31751], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[9] 708 [ref. 38315], Akoth et al. 2023:13 [ref. 40069], Bigirimana et al. 2024:35 [ref. 41336] as aff. rotundiceps). Current status: Valid as Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf 1905). Amphiliidae: Leptoglaninae. Distribution: Central Africa: Bubu River, Africa [many records are not this species; see Eccles et al. 2011:22 [ref. 31326]]. Habitat: freshwater.
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