Synodontis contractus

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 contractus

Name

• Synodontis contractus Vinciguerra, 1928

Lectotype: MSNG 26493. Paralectotypes: MSNG 26493 (1); MRAC 165756 (1).

Type locality: Rubi River at Buta, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etymology: The species name derives from the Latin contraho (= draw together, compressed), because of the considerable height of the body in comparison to the other dimensions of it, especially the head which is rather more stocky than in any other species of the genus.

Synonyms

• Synodontis contracta Vinciguerra, 1928
• Synodontis davidi Axelrod, 1970

References

• Axelrod, H. R., 1970: Synodontis davidi, David's upside-down catfish. Tropical Fish Hobbyist, 18 (5): 33–35.
• Poll, M., 1971: Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 191: 1–497.
• Vinciguerra, D., 1928: Pesci raccolti dal March. Saverio Patrizi nel bacino del Congo. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale `Giacomo Doria', 53: 5–29
• Synodontis contractus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.