Synodontis vanderwaali

Synodontis vanderwaali

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 vanderwaali

Name

Synodontis vanderwaali Skelton & White, 1990

• Holotype: AMG P5796.6.
• Paratypes: AMG P5796.11 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 18734 (1), 22237 (3), 25521 (3).

Type locality: Okavango River [1], Namibia.

Etymology: The specific epithet vanderwaali is a patronym that honors Ben Van der Waal, in recognition of his donations of fish collections from Northern Namibian rivers to the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and the Albany Museum.

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. 

Additional references

• Seegers, L.; 2008: Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege. Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten. / The catfishes of Africa. A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag, Rodgau, Germany.

Links

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