Species that contain: Heterobranchus and isopterus [ 3 ] records

isopterus, Heterobranchus Bleeker [P.] 1863:108, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Boutry River, Guinea. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2977 or ZMB 6590. Bleeker specimens: ZMB 3073 [ex RMNH] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Heterobranchus isopterus Bleeker 1863 -- (Teugels 1986:99 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:472 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:191 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:35 [ref. 28023], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:548 [ref. 25239], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Heterobranchus isopterus Bleeker 1863. Clariidae. Distribution: Western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

lamottei, Clarias Daget [J.] & Planquette [P.] 1967:279, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 39 (no. 2); ref. 7955] Aoué Bla, side channel of Nzi, Bandama basin, near Lamto, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MNHN 1966-1104. Paratypes: MNHN 1966-1105 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967 -- (Teugels 1986:88 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:19 [ref. 12548], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:478 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]). •Probably a natural hybrid between Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus isopterus -- (Teugels 2003:11 [ref. 27022]). Current status: Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967. Clariidae. Distribution: Nzi River, tributary of the Bandama, Côte d'Ivoire, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

macronema, Heterobranchus Bleeker [P.] 1863:109, Pls. 21 (fig. 1), 22 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Dabo-Crom, Guinea. Syntypes: (4) RMNH 2978 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Heterobranchus isopterus Bleeker 1863 -- (Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:472 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Heterobranchus isopterus Bleeker 1863. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.