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Synodontis Cuvier, 1816

1022599  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1022599)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Siluriformes (Order)
  7. Mochokidae (Family)
  8. Synodontis (Genus)
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Genus
Leiosynodontis Bleeker, 1862, nom. nud. · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Pseudosynodontis Bleeker, 1862, nom. nud. · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Sinodontis · unaccepted
Synodontois · unaccepted

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  1. Species Synodontis acanthomias Boulenger, 1899
  2. Species Synodontis acanthoperca
  3. Species Synodontis afrofischeri Hilgendorf, 1888
  4. Species Synodontis alberti Schilthuis, 1891
  5. Species Synodontis albolineatus Pellegrin, 1924
  6. Species Synodontis angelicus Schilthuis, 1891
  7. Species Synodontis annectens Boulenger, 1911
  8. Species Synodontis ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
  9. Species Synodontis arnoulti Roman, 1966
  10. Species Synodontis aterrimus Poll & Roberts, 1968
  11. Species Synodontis bastiani Daget, 1948
  12. Species Synodontis batensoda Rüppell, 1832
  13. Species Synodontis batesii Boulenger, 1907
  14. Species Synodontis brichardi Poll, 1959
  15. Species Synodontis budgetti Boulenger, 1911
  16. Species Synodontis camelopardalis Poll, 1971
  17. Species Synodontis caudalis Boulenger, 1899
  18. Species Synodontis caudovittatus Boulenger, 1901
  19. Species Synodontis centralis Poll, 1971
  20. Species Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  21. Species Synodontis comoensis Daget & Lévêque, 1981
  22. Species Synodontis congicus Poll, 1971
  23. Species Synodontis contractus Vinciguerra, 1928
  24. Species Synodontis courteti Pellegrin, 1906
  25. Species Synodontis cuangoanus Poll, 1971
  26. Species Synodontis decorus Boulenger, 1899
  27. Species Synodontis dekimpei Paugy, 1987
  28. Species Synodontis depauwi Boulenger, 1899
  29. Species Synodontis dhonti Boulenger, 1917
  30. Species Synodontis dorsomaculatus Poll, 1971
  31. Species Synodontis eupterus Boulenger, 1901
  32. Species Synodontis filamentosus Boulenger, 1901
  33. Species Synodontis flavitaeniatus Boulenger, 1919
  34. Species Synodontis frontosus Vaillant, 1895
  35. Species Synodontis fuelleborni Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903
  36. Species Synodontis gambiensis Günther, 1864
  37. Species Synodontis geledensis Günther, 1896
  38. Species Synodontis gobroni Daget, 1954
  39. Species Synodontis granulosus Boulenger, 1900
  40. Species Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891
  41. Species Synodontis guttatus Günther, 1865
  42. Species Synodontis haugi Pellegrin, 1906
  43. Species Synodontis iturii Steindachner, 1911
  44. Species Synodontis katangae Poll, 1971
  45. Species Synodontis khartoumensis Gideiri, 1967
  46. Species Synodontis koensis Pellegrin, 1933
  47. Species Synodontis laessoei Norman, 1923
  48. Species Synodontis leopardinus Pellegrin, 1914
  49. Species Synodontis leopardus Pfeffer, 1896
  50. Species Synodontis levequei Paugy, 1987
  51. Species Synodontis longirostris Boulenger, 1902
  52. Species Synodontis longispinis Pellegrin, 1930
  53. Species Synodontis lufirae Poll, 1971
  54. Species Synodontis macrophthalmus Poll, 1971
  55. Species Synodontis macrops Greenwood, 1963
  56. Species Synodontis macrostigma Boulenger, 1911
  57. Species Synodontis macrostoma Skelton & White, 1990
  58. Species Synodontis manni De Vos, 2001
  59. Species Synodontis marmoratus Lönnberg, 1895
  60. Species Synodontis matthesi Poll, 1971
  61. Species Synodontis melanopterus Boulenger, 1903
  62. Species Synodontis membranaceus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
  63. Species Synodontis multimaculatus Boulenger, 1902
  64. Species Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger, 1898
  65. Species Synodontis nebulosus Peters, 1852
  66. Species Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840
  67. Species Synodontis nigriventris David, 1936
  68. Species Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1905
  69. Species Synodontis njassae Keilhack, 1908
  70. Species Synodontis notatus Vaillant, 1893
  71. Species Synodontis nummifer Boulenger, 1899
  72. Species Synodontis obesus Boulenger, 1898
  73. Species Synodontis ocellifer Boulenger, 1900
  74. Species Synodontis omias Günther, 1864
  75. Species Synodontis ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1899
  76. Species Synodontis ornatissimus Gosse, 1982
  77. Species Synodontis pardalis Boulenger, 1908
  78. Species Synodontis petricola Matthes, 1959
  79. Species Synodontis pleurops Boulenger, 1897
  80. Species Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982
  81. Species Synodontis polyodon Vaillant, 1895
  82. Species Synodontis polystigma Boulenger, 1915
  83. Species Synodontis pulcher Poll, 1971
  84. Species Synodontis punctifer Daget, 1965
  85. Species Synodontis punctulatus Günther, 1889
  86. Species Synodontis rebeli Holly, 1926
  87. Species Synodontis resupinatus Boulenger, 1904
  88. Species Synodontis ricardoae Seegers, 1996
  89. Species Synodontis robbianus Smith, 1875
  90. Species Synodontis robertsi Poll, 1974
  91. Species Synodontis ruandae Matthes, 1959
  92. Species Synodontis rufigiensis Bailey, 1968
  93. Species Synodontis rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903
  94. Species Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  95. Species Synodontis schoutedeni David, 1936
  96. Species Synodontis serpentis Whitehead, 1962
  97. Species Synodontis serratus Rüppell, 1829
  98. Species Synodontis smiti Boulenger, 1902
  99. Species Synodontis soloni Boulenger, 1899
  100. Species Synodontis sorex Günther, 1864
  101. Species Synodontis steindachneri Boulenger, 1913
  102. Species Synodontis tanganyicae Borodin, 1936
  103. Species Synodontis tessmanni Pappenheim, 1911
  104. Species Synodontis thamalakanensis Fowler, 1935
  105. Species Synodontis thysi Poll, 1971
  106. Species Synodontis tourei Daget, 1962
  107. Species Synodontis unicolor Boulenger, 1915
  108. Species Synodontis vaillanti Boulenger, 1897
  109. Species Synodontis vanderwaali Skelton & White, 1990
  110. Species Synodontis velifer Norman, 1935
  111. Species Synodontis vermiculatus Daget, 1954
  112. Species Synodontis victoriae Boulenger, 1906
  113. Species Synodontis violaceus Pellegrin, 1919
  114. Species Synodontis voltae Roman, 1975
  115. Species Synodontis waterloti Daget, 1962
  116. Species Synodontis woosnami Boulenger, 1911
  117. Species Synodontis xiphias Günther, 1864
  118. Species Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852
  119. Species Synodontis zanzibaricus Peters, 1868
  120. Species Synodontis afrofisheri Hilgendorf, 1888 accepted as Synodontis afrofischeri Hilgendorf, 1888
  121. Species Synodontis arabi Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  122. Species Synodontis augeriasi Pellegrin, 1929 accepted as Synodontis filamentosus Boulenger, 1901
  123. Species Synodontis batesi Boulenger, 1907 accepted as Synodontis batesii Boulenger, 1907
  124. Species Synodontis citernii Vinciguerra, 1898 accepted as Synodontis frontosus Vaillant, 1895
  125. Species Synodontis colyeri Boulenger, 1923 accepted as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1905
  126. Species Synodontis dageti Poll & Roman, 1967 accepted as Synodontis bastiani Daget, 1948
  127. Species Synodontis davidi Axelrod, 1970 accepted as Synodontis contractus Vinciguerra, 1928
  128. Species Synodontis eburneensis Daget, 1965 accepted as Synodontis bastiani Daget, 1948
  129. Species Synodontis eurystomus Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Chiloglanis deckenii Peters, 1868
  130. Species Synodontis eurystomus Matthes, 1959 accepted as Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982
  131. Species Synodontis fascipinna Nichols & La Monte, 1953 accepted as Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840
  132. Species Synodontis grenshoffi Schilthuis, 1891 accepted as Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891
  133. Species Synodontis guentheri Vaillant, 1893 accepted as Synodontis membranaceus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
  134. Species Synodontis holopercnus Boulenger, 1920 accepted as Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891
  135. Species Synodontis humeratus (Bleeker, 1863) accepted as Synodontis serratus Rüppell, 1829
  136. Species Synodontis irsacae Matthes, 1959 accepted as Synodontis dhonti Boulenger, 1917
  137. Species Synodontis jallae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Synodontis leopardinus Pellegrin, 1914
  138. Species Synodontis labeo Günther, 1865 accepted as Synodontis xiphias Günther, 1864
  139. Species Synodontis lacustricolus Poll, 1953 accepted as Synodontis tanganyicae Borodin, 1936
  140. Species Synodontis loppei Pellegrin, 1927 accepted as Synodontis obesus Boulenger, 1898
  141. Species Synodontis macrepipterus Pellegrin, 1922 accepted as Synodontis eupterus Boulenger, 1901
  142. Species Synodontis macrodon Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827 accepted as Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  143. Species Synodontis maculatus Vaillant, 1892 accepted as Synodontis notatus Vaillant, 1893
  144. Species Synodontis maculipinna Norman, 1922 accepted as Synodontis rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903
  145. Species Synodontis maculosus Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  146. Species Synodontis melanogaster Peters, 1868 accepted as Synodontis batensoda Rüppell, 1832
  147. Species Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger, 1906 accepted as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1905
  148. Species Synodontis membranaceous (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) accepted as Synodontis membranaceus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
  149. Species Synodontis negrita Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840
  150. Species Synodontis nigroventris David, 1936 accepted as Synodontis nigriventris David, 1936
  151. Species Synodontis ornatus Boulenger, 1920 accepted as Synodontis ornatissimus Gosse, 1982
  152. Species Synodontis ornatus Pappenheim, 1914 accepted as Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840
  153. Species Synodontis ovidus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920 accepted as Synodontis longirostris Boulenger, 1902
  154. Species Synodontis pantherinus Boulenger, 1920 accepted as Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891
  155. Species Synodontis pfefferi Steindachner, 1912 accepted as Synodontis acanthomias Boulenger, 1899
  156. Species Synodontis smithii Günther, 1896 accepted as Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  157. Species Synodontis tenuis Nichols & Griscom, 1917 accepted as Synodontis smiti Boulenger, 1902
  158. Species Synodontis tholloni Boulenger, 1901 accepted as Synodontis angelicus Schilthuis, 1891
  159. Species Synodontis thomasi Chabanaud, 1934 accepted as Synodontis courteti Pellegrin, 1906
  160. Species Synodontis vittatus Boulenger, 1920 accepted as Synodontis decorus Boulenger, 1899
  161. Species Synodontis wamiensis Lohberger, 1930 accepted as Synodontis rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903
  162. Species Synodontis werneri Boeseman, 1957 accepted as Synodontis angelicus Schilthuis, 1891
  163. Species Synodontis zambesiensis Peters, 1852 accepted as Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
R. Anim., 2
page(s): 203 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. (as subgenus of Pimelodus). Apparently Synodontes Minding 1832 is the...  
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. (as subgenus of Pimelodus). Apparently Synodontes Minding 1832 is the same. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2022). Synodontis Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1022599 on 2025-01-28
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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original description R. Anim., 2
page(s): 203 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Brachysynodontis Bleeker, 1863) Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. Amst., 1
page(s): 54 [details] 

original description (of Pseudosynodontis Bleeker, 1862) Atlas Ichthyol., 2
page(s): 6 [details] 

original description (of Leiosynodontis Bleeker, 1862) Atlas Ichthyol., 2
page(s): 6 [details] 

original description (of Leiosynodontis Bleeker, 1862, nom. nud.) Versl. Mededeel. Akad. Amsterdam, 14
page(s): 391 [details] 

original description (of Pseudosynodontis Bleeker, 1862, nom. nud.) Versl. Meded. Akad. Amsterdam, 14
page(s): 391 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. (as subgenus of Pimelodus). Apparently Synodontes Minding 1832 is the same. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Silurus clarias Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To WoRMS 
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