lamottei, Clarias Daget [J.] & Planquette [P.] 1967:279, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 39 (no. 2); ref. 7955] Aoué Bla, side channel of Nzi, Bandama basin, near Lamto, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MNHN 1966-1104. Paratypes: MNHN 1966-1105 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967 -- (Teugels 1986:88 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:19 [ref. 12548], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:478 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]). •Probably a natural hybrid between Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus isopterus -- (Teugels 2003:11 [ref. 27022]). Current status: Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967. Clariidae. Distribution: Nzi River, tributary of the Bandama, Côte d'Ivoire, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.