Synodontis obesus

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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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

Lectotype: BMNH 1896.5.5.67. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1881.7.20.5-6 (2).

Type locality: Opobo River, Old Calabar, Nigeria.[1]

Etymology: The specific name is from the Latin obesus (= fat).

Synodontis loppei Pellegrin, 1927
? Synodontis hollyi Pellegrin, 1929 [Species inquirenda in Synodontis -- (Ferraris 2007:323 with mixed type series)]

Boulenger, G. A.; 1898: Description of a new siluroid fish from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 2 (11): 415. BHL
Ferraris, C. J., Jr.; 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.
Pellegrin, J.; 1927: Description d'un Siluridé nouveau du Cameroun appartenant au genre Synodontis. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 52: 365–366.
Pellegrin, J.; 1929: Siluridés, Cyprinodontidés, Acanthoptérygiens du Cameroun recueillis par M. Th. Monod. Description de cinq espèces et deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 54: 358–369.
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.; 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.
Vreven, E. & Ibala Zamba, A.; 2011: Synodontis carineae, a new species of mochokid catfish from the Kouilou-Niari basin, Africa (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21 (4) [Dec. 2010]: 359–367.
Synodontis obesus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.