occidentalis, Barbus Boulenger [G. A.] 1911:32, Fig. 13 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 2; ref. 579] Ogun River at Aro, near Abeokuta, Lagos, Nigeria. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1909.3.3.14. Based on one specimen plus photograph of a large specimen from the Upper Niger that "... evidently pertains to the same species." •Valid as Barbus occidentalis Boulenger 1911 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:275 [ref. 6186]). •Synonym of Barbus bynni (Forsskål 1775), but a valid subspecies -- (Lévêque 1990:42 [ref. 19786], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1990:301 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:140 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:26 [ref. 28023]). •Synonym of Labeobarbus bynni (Forsskål 1775), but a valid subspecies -- (Tsigenopoulos et al. 2010:852 [ref. 34067], de Graaf et al. 2010:340 [ref. 34085], Beshera et al. 2016:377 [ref. 34343]). •Synonym of Labeobarbus bynni (Forsskål 1775) -- (Vreven et al. 2016:57 [ref. 34168]). •Synonym of Labeobarbus bynni (Fabricius 1775), Current status: Synonym of Labeobarbus bynni (Fabricius 1775). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Habitat: freshwater.