Species that contain: Barilius and niloticus [ 2 ] records

occidentalis, Barilius niloticus Blache [J.] & Miton [F.] 1961:397 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 32 (no. 5) (1960); ref. 7449] Taf-taf at Nganatir, Chad. Syntypes: MNHN 1959-0412 (5, as "types"); as "paratypes": MNHN 1959-0425 (6) and CEPFL (?). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:268 [ref. 20870]. •Synonym of Leptocypris niloticus (Joannis 1835) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:325 [ref. 6186], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1990:274 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:142 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Leptocypris niloticus (Joannis 1835). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

voltae, Barilius niloticus Roman [B.] 1966:118 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 150; ref. 9061] Volta River, West Africa. Syntypes: MRAC 141680-92 (13). •Synonym of Leptocypris niloticus (Joannis 1835) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:325 [ref. 6186], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1990:274 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:142 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Leptocypris niloticus (Joannis 1835). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Habitat: freshwater.