Synodontis macrostoma

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 macrostoma

Name

Synodontis macrostoma Skelton & White, 1990

• Holotype: AMG P11687.
• Paratypes: AMG P11688 (11) .

Type locality: Namibia, Caprivi, Upper Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo.[1]

Etymology: The species name is composed of the Greek makros (= long), and stoma (= mouth), and refers to the relatively large mouth of the species.

References

Primary references

• Skelton, P.H. & White, P.N. 1990. Two new species of Synodontis (Pisces: Siluroidei: Mochokidae) from southern Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 1(3): 277–287. Reference page. 

Links

• Synodontis macrostoma in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.