Species that contain: Polypterus and palmas [ 5 ] records

buettikoferi, Polypterus Steindachner [F.] 1891:179 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 13 (no. 3) (art. 23); ref. 18788] Mahfa River; Solymah River; swamps at Buluma and Juring, Liberia, western Africa. Lectotype: RMNH 5396 (largest of 2). Paralectotypes: RMNH 5332 (5), 5371 (2), 5396 (1). Species originally spelled as büttikoferi, correction mandatory. •Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850 -- (Gosse 1984:24 [ref. 6169], Paugy et al. 1990:332 [ref. 26477] as büttikoferi, Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:85 [ref. 21589]). •Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850, but a valid subspecies buettikoferi Steindachner 1891 -- (Hanssens et al. 1995:701 [ref. 22406], Britz 2004:184 [ref. 27800], Schliewen & Schäfer 2006:32 [ref. 28498]). Current status: Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850. Polypteridae. Habitat: freshwater.

congicus, Polypterus palmas Daget [J.] 1962:48 [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 65; ref. 5866] Type catalog: Derijst 1991:64 [ref. 21528]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898, replaced by Polypterus polli Gosse 1988. As name only in Poll 1954:285 [ref. 21234] and Daget 1958:2518 [ref. 21235]. See also Daget 1962:48 [ref. 5866]. •Treated as a synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850, but a valid subspecies -- (Gosse 1984:25 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Polypterus polli Gosse 1988. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Polypterus polli Gosse 1988. Polypteridae. Habitat: freshwater.

lowei, Polypterus Boulenger [G. A.] 1911:377 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 7 (no. 40); ref. 14780] Nanna Kru, Liberia. Syntypes: BMNH 1911.5.31.1-4 (4). •Synonym of Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899, but a valid subspecies -- (Gosse 1984:26 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850 -- (Gosse 1988:243 [ref. 6868], Paugy et al. 1990:332 [ref. 26477], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:85 [ref. 21589], Hanssens et al. 1995:699 [ref. 22406]). Current status: Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850. Polypteridae. Habitat: freshwater.

palmas, Polypterus Ayres [W. O.] 1850:241, Pl. 6 [Boston Journal of Natural History v. 6 (no. 2) (art. 2); ref. 15932] Cape Palmas, Liberia. Holotype (unique): MCZ [ex BSNH 702] presumed lost. Also appeared in Ayres 1850 (Mar.):181-182 [ref. 20576], p. 241 above dates to Jan. 1850 based on signature dates. A note about the type specimen being received by BSNH appeared on p. 283 in Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. v. 3 (1848-1851). •Valid as Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850 -- (Gosse 1984:24 [ref. 6169], Gosse 1988:242 [ref. 6868], Lévêque et al. 1989:113 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:332 [ref. 26477], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:85 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:28 [ref. 24781], Hanssens et al. 1995:694 [ref. 22406] with subspecies, Britz 2004:185 [ref. 27800] with subspecies, Schliewen & Schäfer 2006:32 [ref. 28498], Pezold et al. 2016:101 [ref. 34870], Moritz & Britz 2019:[54] [ref. 36886]). Current status: Valid as Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850. Polypteridae. Distribution: West Africa: Upper Guinea region, Senegal to Ivory coast. Habitat: freshwater.

polli, Polypterus Gosse [J.-P.] 1988:241, Fig. 1 [Cybium v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 6868] Eala, Ruki River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 47667. Paratypes: IRSNB 798 [ex 3268] (1); MRAC 1371-72 (2), 2799 (1), 3209 (1), 3211-13 (3), 3216-19 (4), 14676 (1), 14684 (1), 14694 (1), 30037 (1), 41649 (1), 56291 (1); plus non-type material. Type catalog: Moritz & Britz 2019:[64] [ref. 36886]. Replacement name for Polypterus palmas congicus Poll 1954 (nomen nudum) as validated by Daget 1962, preoccupied by Polypterus congicus Boulenger 1898. •Synonym of Polypterus palmas Ayres 1850, but a valid subspecies polli Gosse 1988 -- (Hanssens et al. 1995:704 [ref. 22406], Britz 2004:184 [ref. 27800], Schliewen & Schäfer 2006:32 [ref. 28498]). •Valid as Polypterus polli Gosse 1988 -- (Gosse 1988:243 [ref. 6868], Poll & Gosse 1995:28 [ref. 24781], Moritz & Britz 2019:[64] [ref. 36886]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Polypterus polli Gosse 1988. Polypteridae. Distribution: Africa: Congo River system. Habitat: freshwater.