Synodontis polli

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 polli

Name

• Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982

Holotype: MRAC 130440. Paratypes: MRAC 130441-64 (26).

Type locality: Lake Tanganyika.

Etymology: The specific name polli is dedicated to Max Poll, Belgian ichthyologist, who was especially working on Synodontis.

Synonyms

• Synodontis eurystomus Matthes, 1959

References

• Gosse, J.-P., 1982: Mutanda ichthyologica: Synodontis polli nom. nov. et Synodontis ornatissimus nom. nov. Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie, 6 (2): 48.
• Matthes, M., 1959: Poissons nouveaux du Lac Tanganika. Descriptions préliminaires. Folia Scientifica Africae Centralis, 5 (4): 77–78.
• Poll, M., 1971: Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 191: 1–497.
• Schraml, E., 2003: Fiederbartwelse aus dem Tanganjikasee (Teil 1). DATZ, 56 (8): 60–65.
• Wright, J. J. & Page, L. M., 2006: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 46 (4): 99–154.
• Synodontis polli in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.