auritus, Silurus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[291], Pl. 11 (figs. 1-2) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN A-8954 (4), A-8956 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:42-43 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:366 [ref. 29155]. Illustrated specimen is the holotype if identifiable. The page number is from a different edition. •Valid as Siluranodon auritus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) -- (De Vos 1986:53 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:436 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:288 [ref. 23748], Dankwa et al. 1999:29 [ref. 28023], Diogo et al. 2004:103 [ref. 27670], Ferraris 2007:366 [ref. 29155], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Siluranodon auritus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809). Schilbeidae. Distribution: Northern and western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.