Synodontis ngouniensis

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
Genus: Synodontis
Species: Synodontis ngouniensis

Name

Synodontis ngouniensis De Weirdt, Vreven & Fermon, 2008

Holotype: MRAC 99-90-P-1989. Paratypes: CU 93996 (ex MRAC 99-90-P-1988)(1), 92997 (ex MRAC 99-90-P-1990)(1); MRAC 99-90-P-1982-83 (2), 99-90-P-1985-1987 (3), 99-55-P-1360-1367 (8), A1-88-P-2236-2237 (2); MNHN 2008-0001 (ex MRAC A2-06-P-2609-2610)(1), 2008-0002 (ex MRAC A2-06-P-2609-2610)(1).

Type locality: Gabon, Ngounié-Ogooué River basin, Ngoumié River at Nzoundou, 2°17'15"S, 11°28'55"E.[1]

Etymology: The specific name is referring to the Ngounié River basin, type locality of the species.

References

David De Weirdt, Emmanuel Vreven & Yves Fermon, 2008: Synodontis ngouniensis, new species (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Ngounié and Nyanga basins, Gabon and Republic of Congo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19 (2): 121–128 [2]

Vernacular names

English: Ngounié River Catfish