Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
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. (C. H.); 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.) 2019. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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