Synodontis frontosus

Synodontis frontosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Mochokinae
Genus: Synodontis
Species: Synodontis frontosus

Name

• Synodontis frontosus Vaillant, 1895

Holotype: MNHN 0000-4208 (unique).

Type locality: White Nile River, Sudan.

Etymology: Species name frontosus is Latin, and means with a broad head.

Synonyms

• Synodontis frontosa Schilthuis, 1891 -- when treating Synodontis as fem.
• Synodontis citernii Vinciguerra, 1898

References

• Poll, M., 1971: Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8 Zoologie, 191: 1–497.
• Vaillant, L. L., 1895: Sur la dentition des Synodontis et diagnose d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 16: 47–48.
• Vinciguerra, D., 1898: I pesci dell'ultima spedizione del Cap. Bottego. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, (Serie 2) 19 [vol. 39 in sequence]: 240–261.
• Synodontis frontosus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.