Species that contain: Aplocheilichthys and spilauchen [ 4 ] records

bensonii, Poecilia Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1864:395 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864; ref. 3437] Liberia. Syntypes: ZMB 5408 (1, missing). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:153 [ref. 19981]. Lectotype selected by Paepke & Seegers 1986:153 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:185 [ref. 6198], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Ghedotti 2000:38 [ref. 27228], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

spilauchena, Poecilia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:258, Pl. 22 (figs. 6-6a) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon River [= Ogooué]. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2936. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1997-4083 [ex MNHN 0000-2936] (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:18 [ref. 19576], Wildekamp et al. 1986:184 [ref. 6198]. See Huber 1998:15 [ref. 23446] for locality information. Lectotype selected by Huber 1998:15 [ref. 23446]. •Valid as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Huber 1982:57 [ref. 20638], Wildekamp et al. 1986:184 [ref. 6198], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:341 [ref. 26477], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Huber 1999:53 [ref. 25500], Huber 1999:58 [ref. 23835], Dankwa et al. 1999:43 [ref. 28023], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711], van der Zee et al. 2007:51 [ref. 30034], Huber 2007:112 [ref. 29381], Huber 2011:5 [ref. 32018], Skelton 2019:227, 236 [ref. 36564], Reiner 2019:140 [ref. 38139], Huber 2020:5 [ref. 37934], Fermon et al. 2022:264 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Guinea south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tschiloangensis, Aplocheilichthys Ahl [E.] 1928:113 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 79 (nos 3/4) (art. 8); ref. 78] Tschilango-mundung, Angola. Lectotype: ZMB 19102. Paralectotypes: (12) ZMB 31466 [ex ZMB 19102] (now 8). Type catalog:: Paepke & Seegers 1986:150 [ref. 19981]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:95 [ref. 21847]. Lectotype selected by Seegers in Paepke & Seegers 1986:150 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Huber 1982:67 [ref. 20638], Wildekamp et al. 1986:185 [ref. 6198], Paugy et al. 1990:341 [ref. 26477], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

typus, Aplocheilichthys Bleeker [P.] 1863:116, Pl. 24 (fig. 1) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Guinea ("in pharyne Porthmei argentei reperta"). Holotype (unique): RMNH 1982. Holotype figured in Boeseman 1963:Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861) -- (Huber 1982:67 [ref. 20638], Wildekamp et al. 1986:185 [ref. 6198], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:341 [ref. 26477], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:620 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:46 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril 1861). Procatopodidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.