Synodontis courteti

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 courteti

Name

Synodontis courteti Pellegrin, 1906

• Holotype: MNHN 1904-0083.

Type locality: Fort Archambault [Sahr], Shari River, Chad.

Etymology: The species is named after M. Courtet, member of the "Mission Chari-Lac Chad".

Acc. to some authors possibly a synonym of Synodontis xiphias Günther, 1864.

Synonyms

• Synodontis thomasi Chabanaud, 1934

References

• Chabanaud, P., 1934: Poissons. Mission Jean Thomas en Afrique équatoriale française (septembre 1929 à mai 1930). Faune des Colonies Françaises, 5 (4): 195–231.
• Lévèque, C., Paugy, D. & Teugels, G. G., 1991: Annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of the Nilo-sudan river basins, in Africa. Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, 24 (2): 131–154.
• Pellegrin, J., 1906: Poissons nouveaux du Soudan. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (1) 12 (7): 472–474.
• Poll, M., 1971: Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 191: 1–497.
• Synodontis courteti in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.