obscurus, Panchax Ahl [E.] 1924:55 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 60 (nos 1/2) (art. 4); ref. 76] Yaoundé, Cameroon. Holotype (unique): ZMB 21946 [ex ZMB 21938 = ex ZMB 14413]. Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:166 [ref. 19981]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:94 [ref. 21847]. •Valid as Aphyosemion obscurum (Ahl 1924) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:227 [ref. 6198], Dadaniak et al. 1995:296 [ref. 36170], Lazara 2001:27 [ref. 25711], Costa 2009:122 [ref. 30421]). •Synonym of Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger 1903) -- (Seegers 1988:8, 10 [ref. 19980]). •Valid as Amphyosemion (Mesoaphyosemion) obscurum (Ahl 1924) -- (Sonnenberg & Blum 2005:211 [ref. 28302]). •Synonym of Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger 1903), but a valid subspecies obscurum -- (Wildekamp 1993:110 [ref. 26378], van der Zee et al. 2007:203 [ref. 30034]). Current status: Valid as Aphyosemion obscurum (Ahl 1924). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: West-central Africa: southern Cameroon endemic. Habitat: freshwater.