Synodontis zambezensis

Synodontis zambezensis

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 zambezensis

Name

Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852

Lectotype: ZMB 3119. Paralectotypes: ZMB 3115-18 (1, 1, 3, 1).

Type locality: Mozambique, Zambezi River.

Etymology: The specific epithet zambezensis is derived from the type locality of the species, the Zambezi River.

Synonyms

• Synodontis zambesensis Günther, 1864

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. 1852. Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 275–276, 681–685.
• 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 zambezensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.