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Species in the genus Opsaridium: [ 20 ] records

altus, Barilius ubangensis forma Pappenheim [P.] 1911:518 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 14797] Bimfille River and Nkolentangan. Syntypes: ZMB (not found). Described as "forma" altus. •Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186] as ubangense). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

boweni, Barilius Fowler [H. W.] 1930:37, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 82; ref. 1406] Lulua River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (?): ANSP 51764. Paratypes: ANSP 51765-79 (15). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:70 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Opsaridium boweni (Fowler 1930) -- (Skelton 1996:69, 80 [ref. 22213], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium boweni (Fowler 1930). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

chiloangae, Barilius ubangensis var. Boulenger [G. A.] 1912:16, Pl. 17 (fig. 5) [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) v. 2 (fasc. 3); ref. 581] Chiloango basin, Congo. Syntypes: ANSP 38732-33 (2), MRAC 1569-72 (4), ZMB 18814 (3). •Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186] as ubangense). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

engrauloides, Barilius Nichols [J. T.] 1923:2, Fig. 2 [American Museum Novitates No. 57; ref. 15413] Ubangi River at Bangui, Central African Republic, western Africa. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8107. •Valid as Opsaridium engrauloides (Nichols 1923) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:327 [ref. 6186]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium engrauloides (Nichols 1923). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Ubangi River drainage, Central African Republic. Habitat: freshwater.

fasciolatus, Barilius Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:34, Pl. 9 (fig. 5) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 2 (fasc. 2); ref. 562] Ubangi River at Banzyville, Democratic Republic of Congo, about 4°18'N, 21°11'E. Syntypes: BMNH 1901.12.26.30 (1), MRAC 1173 (1). •Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186] as ubangense). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

guentheri, Barilius Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:920, Pl. 47 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896 (pt 4) (art. 2); ref. 538] Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.10.25.34-36 (3). •Synonym of Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther 1864) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186]). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther 1864). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

leleupi, Barilius Matthes [H.] 1965:182, Fig. 2 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 71 (nos 1-2); ref. 9228] Nyundeulu River, tributary of Haute Lualaba, Congo. Holotype: MRAC 140.907. Paratypes: IRSAC (3); MRAC 85991-92 (2), 85993 (1), 88573-84 (12), 88699-701 (3), 124947-72 (26). •Valid as Opsaridium leleupi (Matthes 1965) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:327 [ref. 6186], Skelton 1996:81 [ref. 22213]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium leleupi (Matthes 1965). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

loveridgii, Barilius Norman [J. R.] 1922:687 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 9 (no. 54); ref. 15358] Mpanganye, Rufigi River, Tanganyika Territory [Tanzania]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1922.4.18.14. The original spelling loveridgii is acceptable. •Valid as Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman 1922) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:327 [ref. 6186] as loveridgei, Skelton 1996:81 [ref. 22213] as loveridgei). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium loveridgii (Norman 1922). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

maculicauda, Barilius Pellegrin [J.] 1926:40 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 14 (no. 1); ref. 17941] Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1926-0117 (1), MRAC 19700-01 (1, 1). •Valid as Opsaridium maculicauda (Pellegrin 1926) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium maculicauda (Pellegrin 1926). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.

microcephalus, Pelotrophus Günther [A.] 1864:314 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2); ref. 1979] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.10.12.35 (skin). •Valid as Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther 1864) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186], Snoeks 2004:21 [ref. 28111]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium microcephalum (Günther 1864). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

microlepis, Pelotrophus Günther [A.] 1864:314 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2); ref. 1979] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.9.67 (1, skin), 1864.6.28.22 (1, skin). •Valid as Opsaridium microlepis (Günther 1864) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186], Snoeks 2004:21 [ref. 28111]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium microlepis (Günther 1864). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

neavii, Barilius Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:3 [Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society v. 51 (no. 12); ref. 15140] Mountain stream near Petauke, Zambia. Syntypes: (11) BMNH 1906.11.22.30-34 (5). •Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186], Skelton 1996:68 [ref. 22213]). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

peringueyi, Barilius Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1913:432, Fig. 90 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 11 (pt 5); ref. 14958] Nels River, Nelspruit, Transvaal [now Mpumalanga], South Africa. Lectotype: SAM 10906. Paralectotypes: SAM 10748 [now at AMG] (4). Non-types: BMNH 1910.1.28.4 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 45539. Lectotype selected by Skelton 1996:75 [ref. 22213]. •Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & Thompson 1913) -- (Skelton 1996:75 [ref. 22213], Skelton 2001:120 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:78 [ref. 31755]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & Thompson 1913). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

splendens, Opsaridium Taverne [L.] & De Vos [L. D. G.] 1997:290, Figs. 1-10 [Journal of African Zoology v. 111 (no. 4); ref. 23730] River Rumpungwe, tributary to Malagarasi, on route between Kinyinya and Gisuru, just before Gisuru, Burundi. Holotype: MRAC 93-150-P-418. Paratypes: MRAC 91-30-P-448 (1), 91-30-P-450-454 (5), 91-30-P-455-456 (2), 91-62-P-688-702 (15), 91-62-P-1337-1348 (12), 93-068-P-141-144 (4), 93-150-P-417 (1), 93-150-P-419-426 (8), 93-150-P-427-431 (5), 47003-47017 (15), 89993 (1). •Valid as Opsaridium splendens Taverne & De Vos 1997 -- (De Vos et al. 2001:131 [ref. 26059], Banyankimbona et al. 2012:276 [ref. 34113]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium splendens Taverne & De Vos 1997. Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

stephensoni, Barilius Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1913:434, Fig. 92 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 11 (pt 5); ref. 14958] Livingstone, Victoria Falls, [Zambia/Zimbabwe]. Syntypes: SAM 10699 [now at AMG] (1 + 1). •Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186], Skelton 1996:68 [ref. 22213]). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

tanganicae, Barilius Boulenger [G. A.] 1900:480 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 6 (no. 35); ref. 14721] East Africa: northern end of Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1906.9.6.9-10, 1906.9.6.26. •Synonym of Opsaridium microlepis (Günther 1864) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186]). Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium microlepis (Günther 1864). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

tweddleorum, Opsaridium Skelton [P. H.] 1996:62, Figs. 1, 4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 22213] Maperera River, lower Shire River, Zambezi River system, Malawi, 16°05'40"S, 34°54'30"E. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 34324. Paratypes: AMG 8222 (14); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 34853 (10), 35837-38 (6, 1), 49799 (2). •Valid as Opsaridium tweddleorum Skelton 1996 -- (Skelton 2001:121 [ref. 27406], Snoeks 2004:21 [ref. 28111]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium tweddleorum Skelton 1996. Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

ubangiensis, Barilius Pellegrin [J.] 1901:250 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 7 (no. 6); ref. 14766] Ubangi River, Central African Republic. Syntypes: MNHN 1892-0087 to 0090 (4). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:69 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Opsaridium ubangense (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:328 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Skelton 1996:80 [ref. 22213], Taverne & De Vos 1997:298 [ref. 23730], De Weirdt et al. 2007:569 [ref. 30024], Kullander & Roberts 2012:361, 368 [ref. 31751], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[8] 707 [ref. 38315], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Fermon et al. 2022:142 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium ubangiense (Pellegrin 1901). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Western and central Africa: Cameroon and Central African Republic south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including Congo River basin, and Luongo River (Zambia). Habitat: freshwater.

zambezensis, Barilius Günther [A.] (ex Peters) 1868:292 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Zambezi River. Syntypes: BMNH 1861.3.10.2-4[or 8-9] [from Peters] (3). Based on Peters manuscript and Peters specimens; Peters' name cited as Opsaridium zambezense as cited by Günther but this was published as Leuciscus zambezensis by Peters in 1852. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Leuciscus zambezensis Peters 1852. •Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

zambezensis, Leuciscus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:682 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Lower Zambezi River system, Mozambique. Syntypes: BMNH 1861.3.10.8-9 (3); ZMB 3437 (5), 4739 (6). Also in Peters 1868:49, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [ref. 3440] as Labeobarbus zambezensis. •Valid as Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:329 [ref. 6186], Skelton 1993:120 [ref. 24071], Skelton 1996:68 [ref. 22213], Taverne & De Vos 1997:298 [ref. 23730], Skelton 2001:369 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:77 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:54 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:233 [ref. 36564], Abwe et al. 2023:30 [ref. 39992]). Current status: Valid as Opsaridium zambezense (Peters 1852). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southern and southern-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.