Species that contain: Hydrocynus and forskahlii [ 3 ] records

forskahlii, Hydrocyon Cuvier [G.] 1819:354, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 5; ref. 1017] Nile River, Egypt. Holotype: MNHN 0000-1691. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:29-30 [ref. 19577]. See discussion in Brewster 1986:193 [ref. 8104] about type specimens; she treats MNHN 1691 as the holotype. Misspelled forskali in Pellegrin 1921:635 [ref. 30437]. See also Salmo roschal Walbaum 1792. •Valid as Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819) -- (Paugy 1984:170 [ref. 6183], Brewster 1986:193 [ref. 8104], Paugy & Guégan 1989:68 [ref. 26479] as forskalii, Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480] as forskalii, Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478] as forskalii, Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:200 [ref. 21589] as forskalii, Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477] as forskalii, Dankwa et al. 1999:18 [ref. 28023] as forskalii, Seegers et al. 2003:36 [ref. 28087], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:357 [ref. 30022], Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa: western Africa to the Nile River. Habitat: freshwater.

lineatus, Hydrocyon Schlegel [H.] in Bleeker 1863:125 [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3249. •Synonym of Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau 1861) -- (Paugy 1984:171 [ref. 6183], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:199 [ref. 21589], Seegers 1996:175 [ref. 23725]). •Synonym of Hydrocyon forskahlii (Cuvier 1819) -- (Brewster 1986:193 [ref. 8104], Seegers et al. 2003:36 [ref. 28087]). Current status: Synonym of Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

roschal, Salmo Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Forsskål) 1792:81 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Nile River, near Cairo, Egypt. A forgotten name, not used as valid since 1899, therefore reversal of priority in favor of Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier 1819 is followed (Art. 23.9) -- (Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182]). Authorship according to Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182]. Misidentified as Salmo dentex (non Linnaeus 1758) by Forsskål 1775:xiii, 66 [ref. 1351] with vernacular name "Roschal'. •Synonym of Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819) -- (Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.