Synodontis zanzibaricus

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 zanzibaricus

Name

Synodontis zanzibaricus Peters, 1868

Lectotype: ZMB 6846. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22650 (2).

Type locality: Mombasa, Kenya.

Etymology: The specific epithet zanzibaricus refers to Zanzibar, but this is not the type locality.

Synonyms

• Synodontis zanzibarica Peters, 1868

References

• Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007 Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
• Peters, W. 1868. Ueber eine von dem Baron Carl von der Decken entdeckte neue Gattung von Welsen, Chiloglanis deckenii, und einige andere Süsswasserfische aus Ostafrika. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868: 598–602, Pl. 2.
• 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 zanzibaricus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.