meridionalis, Polypterus senegalus Poll [M.] 1941:151 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 35 (no. 2); ref. 19488] Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: (132). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:64 [ref. 21528]. See also Poll 1941:158, table [ref. 19487] and Poll 1942:279, figs. 16-18 [ref. 19488]. •Synonym of Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Gosse 1984:28 [ref. 6169], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:85 [ref. 21589]). •Synonym of Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829 -- (Moritz & Britz 2019:[73] [ref. 36886]). Current status: Synonym of Polypterus senegalus Cuvier 1829. Polypteridae. Habitat: freshwater.