Species that contain: Hydrocynus and goliath [ 3 ] records

goliath, Hydrocyon Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:23, Pl. 11 [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 2); ref. 4864] Manyanga, Upper Congo. Lectotype: BMNH 1898.11.17.4. Paralectotypes: BMNH [lost, 1], MRAC 77 (1), 116 (1), 117 (1), 166 (1) (orig. 6 syntypes). Lectotype designation by Brewster 1986:197 [ref. 8104]. •Valid as Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898 -- (Paugy 1984:171 [ref. 6183], Brewster 1986:197 [ref. 8104], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898. Alestidae. Distribution: Central Africa: central and upper Congo River system (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

vittatus, Hydrocyon Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:24, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 2); ref. 4864] Umangi, Upoto, and Manyanga. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1898.11.17.5 (1), MRAC 149 (1), 165 (1). Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau 1861, replaced by Hydrocyon vittiger Boulenger 1907. •In the synonymy of Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898 -- (Brewster 1986:197 [ref. 8104]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898. Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

vittiger, Hydrocyon Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:106 [Zoology of Egypt: The fishes of the Nile; ref. 6510] Umangi, Upoto, and Manyanga. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.17.5 (1); MRAC 149 (1), 165 (1). Replacement name for Hydrocyon vittatus Boulenger 1898, preoccupied by Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau 1861. •Valid as Hydrocynus vittiger (Boulenger 1907) -- (Paugy 1984:173 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898 -- (Brewster 1986:197 [ref. 8104]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898. Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.