Synodontis fuelleborni

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 fuelleborni

Name

• Synodontis fuelleborni Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903

Lectotype: ZMB 16309. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22651 [ex ZMB 16309] (1 of 2).

Type locality: Songwe, Lake Rukwa, east of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.

Etymology: The species name fuelleborni is dedicated to Stabsarzt Dr. Fülleborn, who collected this species.

References

• Hilgendorf, F. M. & Pappenheim, P. 1903. Über die Fischfauna des Rukwa-Sees. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903(6): 259–271.
• Poll, M. 1971. Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologiques 191: 1–497.
• Seegers, L., 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 278: 1–407.
• Synodontis fuelleborni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.