escherichi, Panchax Ahl [E.] 1924:304 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 60 (nos 11/12); ref. 15436] Attogondema, Cameroon [this region of Cameroon now belongs to Gabon]. Lectotype: ZMB 21936. Paralectotypes: ZMB 31488 [ex ZMB 21936] (now 10, 2 missing). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:165 [ref. 19981]. Lectotype selected by Seegers in Paepke & Seegers 1986:165 [ref. 19981]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:94 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Aphyosemion striatum (Boulenger 1911) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:238 [ref. 6198], Huber 1998:3, 7 [ref. 23446] with comments). •Valid as Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl 1924) -- (Seegers 1987:539 [ref. 30942], Seegers 1988:17, 18 [ref. 19980], Wildekamp 1993:152 [ref. 26378], Lazara 2001:20 [ref. 25711], Sonnenberg & Blum 2005:218 [ref. 28302], van der Zee et al. 2007:209 [ref. 30034], Valdesalici & Eberl 2014:112 [ref. 33277], Valdesalici & Eberl 2016:67 [ref. 34405], van der Zee et al. 2018:86 [ref. 35718], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564] as escherischi, Fermon et al. 2022:254 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl 1924). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Gabon south to Angola. Habitat: freshwater.