Species that contain: Heterotis and niloticus [ 5 ] records

adansoni, Heterotis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:478 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Senegal; Niger. Predated by Sudis adansonii Cuvier 1829. •Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Arapaimidae. Habitat: freshwater.

adansonii, Sudis Cuvier [G.] 1829:328 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Senegal River, Senegal. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3608. Paralectotypes: Rüppell specimen (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:272 [ref. 293]. Bertin and authors regard MNHN 3608 as holotype; a Rüppell specimen is also mentioned so MNHN was designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:39 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Daget 1984:57 [ref. 6170]). Current status: Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Arapaimidae. Habitat: freshwater.

ehrenbergii, Heterotis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:469, Pl. 584 [not 549] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Nile River. Syntypes: MNHN A-0824 (1, dry), B-2221 (1, dry). •Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Daget 1984:58 [ref. 6170]). Current status: Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Arapaimidae. Habitat: freshwater.

niloticus, Sudis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:10, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt 1829; ref. 22233] Nile River, Dongola Province, Sudan. Apparently predated by Cuvier 1829; date for Rüppell possibly after 1829. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Arapaimidae. Habitat: freshwater.

niloticus, Sudis Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) 1829:328 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Nile River. Presumed holotype: ZMB 3935. •Valid as Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Daget 1984:57 [ref. 6170], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:114 [ref. 21589], Lundberg & Chernoff 1992:2 [ref. 25493], Poll & Gosse 1995:97 [ref. 24781], Seegers et al. 2003:28 [ref. 28087], Dankwa et al. 1999:13 [ref. 28023], Neumann et al. 2016:303 [ref. 35036], Fricke et al. 2018:28 [ref. 35805], Fermon et al. 2022:122 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier 1829). Arapaimidae. Distribution: Africa: Nile River and West Africa. Introduced in Gabon and Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.