Species that contain: Chrysichthys and nigrodigitatus [ 9 ] records

acutirostris, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1864:431 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Golungo Alto, Angola. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.7.13.41. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:00 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:23 [ref. 6190], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

acutivelis, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:85 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Gorée, Senegal and Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN A-8968 (2) Gorée. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:28 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:22 [ref. 6190], Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:417 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

buettikoferi, Chrysichthys Steindachner [F.] 1894:60, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1); ref. 4237] Buluma, Fisherman Lake, Liberia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5341. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:00 [ref. 29155]. Species originally spelled as büttikoferi. Holotype figured by Boeseman 1963:Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:23 [ref. 6190], Paugy et al. 1990:339 [ref. 26477] dated 1895, Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:417 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

camaronensis, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1899:729, Pl. 44 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 3); ref. 14705] Cameroon. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.11.20.21. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]. Spelled camaronensis twice in text (p. 729, 732) and cameronensis on plate; first reviser not researched but possibly Eschmeyer (1998). •Synonym of Chrysichthys furcatus Günther 1864 -- (Risch 1986:18 [ref. 6190]). •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Paugy & Bénech 1989:302 [ref. 26478], Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:417 [ref. 21590] as cameronensis, Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

coriscanus, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1899:724 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 3); ref. 14705] Corisco Island, Ghana. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.5.5.64-65 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:160 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:24 [ref. 6190]). •Synonym of Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) -- (Paugy & Bénech 1989:302 [ref. 26478], apparently an error). •Species inquirenda in Chrysichthys -- (Ferraris 2007:160 [ref. 29155]). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

furcatus, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1864:430 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Niger, western Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.7.22.1. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:156 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Paugy et al. 1990:339 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:142 [ref. 31367], Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:417 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Chrysichthys furcatus Günther 1864 -- (Risch 1986:18 [ref. 6190], Burgess 1989:67 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:148 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 2007:156 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Chrysichthys furcatus Günther 1864. Claroteidae. Distribution: Coastal rivers of western Africa, from Liberia to Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

lagoensis, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1899:725, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 3); ref. 14705] Lagos, Nigeria. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.3.8.16. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:24 [ref. 6190]). •Questionably a synonym of Chrysichthys maurus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:410 [ref. 21590]). •Species inquirenda in Chrysichthys -- (Ferraris 2007:160 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys maurus (Valenciennes 1840). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.

nigrodigitatus, Pimelodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:95, 103 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] No locality [Senegal]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0108. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:22 [ref. 6190], Burgess 1989:67 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:118 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:302 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:339 [ref. 26477], Mo 1991:148 [ref. 19952], Lévèque et al. 1991:142 [ref. 31367], Risch in Lévêque et al. 1992:417 [ref. 21590], Adépo-Gourène et al. 1997:102 [ref. 24712], Dankwa et al. 1999:34 [ref. 28023], Diogo & Chardon 2000:457 [ref. 27289], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155], Geerinckx et al. 2007:621 [ref. 30028], Pezold et al. 2016:105 [ref. 34870], Skelton 2019:227, 234 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:161 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Distribution: West Africa: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

ogowensis, Chrysichthys Günther [A.] 1899:723, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 3); ref. 14705] Kondo-Kondo on Ogowe River, Ghana. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1896.5.5.66. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Risch 1986:24 [ref. 6190], Ferraris 2007:158 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède 1803). Claroteidae. Habitat: freshwater.