niloticus, Cyprinus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:71, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] River Nile, Egypt. Neotype: BMNH 1907.12.2.1074. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cyprinus niloticus Linnaeus 1758. Considered as a misidentification of Cyprinus niloticus (non Linnaeus 1758) (see Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182]). Neotype designated by Reid 1985:64 [ref. 19189]. •Incorrectly treated as valid as Labeo niloticus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:316 [ref. 6186], Reid 1985:61 [ref. 19189], Lévèque et al. 1991:141 [ref. 31367], Moritz 2007:55 [ref. 29304]). •Independent description of Cyprinus niloticus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 2013:114 [ref. 32989]). •In the synonymy of Labeo vulgaris Heckel 1847 -- (Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Labeo vulgaris Heckel 1847. Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Habitat: freshwater.