Synodontis nigromaculatus

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 nigromaculatus

Name

Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1905

Holotype: BMNH 1905.11.10.10.

Type locality: Zambia, Lake Bangwelo [Bangweolo].[1]

Etymology: The species epithet is a compound of the Latin nigro (= black), and maculatus (= spotted), an allution to the dark spots of the species.

Synonyms

Synodontis colyeri Boulenger, 1923

References

Boulenger, G. A.; 1905: On a collection of fishes from Lake Bangwelo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 16 (96) (art. 72): 642–647.
Boulenger, G. A.; 1923: Descriptions of three new fresh-water fishes from northern Rhodesia. Annals of the South African Museum, 13 (pt.7, no. 13): 437–438.
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 nigromaculatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.