Zootaxa, Checklist of Catfishes, Recent and Fossil
MALAPTERURUS La Cepède, 1803 Malapterurus La Cepède, 1803: 90. Type species: Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789. Type by designation under ple- nary powers; placed on Official List (ICZN Opinion 93, Direction 56). Gender: Masculine. Anacanthus Minding 1832: 117. Type species: Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789. Type by monotypy. Preoccupied by Anacanthus Gray, 1830, in fishes. Gender: Masculine. Malopterurus Agassiz, 1846: 223. Type species: Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789. Type by being a replacement name. Unjustified emendation of Malapterurus La Cepède, 1803. Gender: Masculine. Remarks: Malapterus Jarocki, 1822, Malapturus Swainson, 1838, and Malacopterurus Gill, 1890, are considered to be incorrect subsequent spellings, and therefore unavailable names, in ICZN Direction 56. Forsskål (1775: 16) applied the generic name of the electric ray, Torpedo, to his account of the electric catfish of the Nile. Malapterurus barbatus Norris, 2002 Malapterurus barbatus Norris, 2002: 88, fig. 49. Type locality: Sierra Leone, Sewa River system, Bagbe River at Yfin, 8º42'N, 11º05'W. Holotype: MNHN 1990-100. Distribution: Western Guinean rivers from the Kolente River, Sierra Leone, to the Borlor River, Liberia (Norris, 2002). Malapterurus beninensis Murray, 1855 Malapterurus Beninensis Murray, 1855: 20, pl. Type locality: Old Calabar. Syntypes: BMNH 1856.1.16.1 (2), possi- bly NMSZ 1855.27 (2). ? Malapterurus affinis Günther, 1864: 220. Type locality: Old Calabar. Syntypes: BMNH 1859.11.20.1 (1), BMNH 1864.7.9.1 (1). Distribution: Coastal plains of west central Africa, from the Volta River, Ghana, to the Shiloango River, Angola (Norris, 2002). Remarks: Synonymy of Malapterurus affinis with M. beninensis considered tentative by Norris (2002). Malapterurus cavalliensis Roberts, 2000 Malapterurus cavalliensis Roberts, 2000: 8.
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