occidentalis, Hepsetus Decru [E.], Snoeks [J.] & Vreven [E. J.] 2013:189 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 24 (no. 2); ref. 33014] River Gambia, near Kani Kunda, Gambia. Holotype: MRAC B0-16-P-1. Paratypes: MRAC 92-059-P-0649 (1), 73-10-P-967 (1), 73-5-P-451-452 (2), 73-5-P-449 (1) •Valid as Hepsetus occidentalis Decru, Snoeks & Vreven 2013 -- (Pezold et al. 2016:104 [ref. 34870], Decru et al. 2017:626 [ref. 35508], Decru 2024:370 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Hepsetus occidentalis Decru, Snoeks & Vreven 2013. Hepsetidae. Distribution: Western Africa: Senegal River drainage, Senegal, to the Cavally River drainage, Ivory Coast. Habitat: freshwater.