Species that contain: Ichthyborus and besse [ 4 ] records

besse, Characinus Joannis [L. de] 1835:no page number, Pl. 10 [Magasin de Zoologie 1835 (5 anneé); ref. 2355] Nile River at Thebes, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN A-9721 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:42 [ref. 19577]. •Valid as Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835) -- (Vari 1979:335 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:241 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835). Distichodontidae. Distribution: Egypt. Habitat: freshwater.

caudimaculatum, Psalidostoma Kner [R.] 1864:100 [2], Pl. [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 50 (no. 1); ref. 2639] White Nile River, Sudan. Holotype (unique): lost. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835) -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:241 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835). Distichodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

congolensis, Ichthyborus besse Giltay [L.] 1930:395, Figs. 2-3 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 19 (no. 3); ref. 21342] Nyonga, upper Luapula, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 20555. Paratypes: IRSNB 37 (1); MRAC 20554 (1), 20556-559 (1). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:11 [ref. 20755]. •Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:241 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835). Distichodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

microlepis, Ichthyborus Günther [A.] 1864:363 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River, Khartoum, Sudan. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.3.9.22-23 (2). •Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835) -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:241 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus besse (Joannis 1835). Distichodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.