Species that contain: Heterobranchus and bidorsalis [ 4 ] records

bidorsalis, Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[328], Pls. 16 (figs. 2, 5), 17 (figs. 8-9) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River. Holotype: MNHN (skeleton). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]. The page number is from a different edition. •Valid as Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Teugels 1986:98 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:471 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:191 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:35 [ref. 28023], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:548 [ref. 25239], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036], Abdalla & Adam 2024:8 [ref. 42447], Oladipo et al. 2025:45 [ref. 42344]). Current status: Valid as Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae. Distribution: Northern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

geoffroyi, Heterobranchus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:392 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Egypt. Holotype: MNHN (skeleton). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]. •Objective synonym of Heterobrancus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1808-09 -- (Teugels 1986:98 [ref. 6193]). •Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:471 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.

intermedius, Heterobranchus Günther [A.] 1864:22 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River, Khartoum, Sudan. Syntypes: (3, one a skeleton) BMNH 1862.1.17.54 (1), 1863.10.6.1 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Teugels 1986:99 [ref. 6193], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.

senegalensis, Heterobranchus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:397 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN (skull). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Teugels 1986:98 [ref. 6193], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:471 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.