Synodontis polyodon

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 polyodon

Name

• Synodontis polyodon Vaillant, 1895

Holotype: MNHN 1886-0433. Paratypes: MNHN 1886-0434 (1).

Type locality: Ogôoué River at Adouma, Gabon.

Etymology: Species name polyodon is a combination of the Greek words poly (= many), and odon (= tooth), in reference to the many teeth, which the author noticed.

References

• Poll, M.; 1971: Révision des Synodontis Africains (Famille Mochocidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8 Zoologie, 191: 1–497.
• Vaillant, L. L.; 1895: Sur la dentition des Synodontis et diagnose d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 16: 47–48.
• Synodontis polyodon in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.