Species that contain: Micralestes and occidentalis [ 2 ] records

occidentalis, Petersius Günther [A.] 1899:731, Pl. 45 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 3); ref. 14705] Kotchwah River, Ghana. Syntypes: (6) BMNH 1899.12.22.32-36 (5). •Valid as Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899) -- (Paugy 1984:177 [ref. 6183], Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Paugy 1990:81 [ref. 19787], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:224 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:20 [ref. 28023]). Current status: Valid as Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

voltae, Micralestes Roman [B.] 1966:67, Pl. 3 (figs. 5-6) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 150; ref. 9061] Niamé, stream flowing into Kou River, tributary of the Black Volta River, about 20 kilometers from Bobo-Dioulasso, West Africa. Holotype: MRAC 141158. Paratypes: MNHN 1967-0669 (2); MRAC 141159 (1, allotype), 141180-92 (13), 141167-79 (13), 141160-66 (7). Other material: MRAC 141260 (1), 153163-64 (2). •Valid as Micralestes voltae Roman 1966 -- (Paugy 1984:178 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899) -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:224 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.