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| Kingdom Animalia | 
|  | Amorphochilus Peters, 1877 – valid – Smoky Bat | 
|  | Amorphochilus schnablii Peters, 1877 – valid – Smoky Bat | 
|  | Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877 – valid – Congo Stiletto Snake | 
|  | Atractaspis congica congica Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Atractaspis hildebrandtii Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Caecilia dorsalis Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Chaetostomus nigrolineatus Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Chatoessus breviceps Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Herpetosaura occidentalis Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877 – valid – lowcrowned seahorse, lowcrowned seahorse | 
|  | Hyla thesaurensis Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Hyperolius nasutus adspersus Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Idiacanthus Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Idiacanthus fasciola Peters, 1877 – valid – black dragonfish, deepsea stalkeye fish, dragón negro, ribbon sawtailfish | 
|  | Microdiscopus Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Microdiscopus sumatranus Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Muraena longicauda Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Novacula carneoflava Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Ophichthys anguiformis Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Ophichthys bitaeniatus Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Pantodon Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1877 – valid – butterflyfish, freshwater butterfly fish, African butterflyfish, butterfly fish, butterflyfish, freshwater butterfly fish | 
|  | Pleurodema sachsi Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Scolopsis affinis Peters, 1877 – valid – Peters' monocle bream, Peters' monocle bream, Peter's monocle bream | 
|  | Serrasalmus irritans Peters, 1877 – valid | 
|  | Solea melanosticta Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Synaptura dicholepis Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Teuthis studeri Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Typhlops acuticauda Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
|  | Typhlops angusticeps Peters, 1877 – invalid | 
        
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