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Synodontis Cuvier, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164148

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	back-swimming Congo catfish [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Ostariophysi
	Order	Siluriformes – silures, catfishes
	Family	Mochokidae Jordan, 1923 – naked catfishes, squeakers, upside-down catfishes
	Genus	Synodontis Cuvier, 1816 – back-swimming Congo catfish
		Direct Children:
	Species	Synodontis acanthomias Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis afrofischeri Hilgendorf, 1888
	Species	Synodontis alberti Schilthuis, 1891
	Species	Synodontis albolineatus Pellegrin, 1924
	Species	Synodontis angelicus Schilthuis, 1891 – angel catfish, spotted upside-down catfish
	Species	Synodontis annectens Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Synodontis ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Synodontis arnoulti Roman, 1966
	Species	Synodontis aterrimus Poll and Roberts, 1968
	Species	Synodontis bastiani Daget, 1948
	Species	Synodontis batensoda Rüppell, 1832
	Species	Synodontis batesii Boulenger, 1907
	Species	Synodontis brichardi Poll, 1959
	Species	Synodontis budgetti Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Synodontis camelopardalis Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis caudalis Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis caudovittatus Boulenger, 1901
	Species	Synodontis centralis Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Synodontis comoensis Daget and Lévêque, 1981
	Species	Synodontis congicus Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis contractus Vinciguerra, 1928
	Species	Synodontis courteti Pellegrin, 1906
	Species	Synodontis cuangoanus Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis decorus Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis dekimpei Paugy, 1987
	Species	Synodontis depauwi Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis dhonti Boulenger, 1917
	Species	Synodontis dorsomaculatus Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis eupterus Boulenger, 1901
	Species	Synodontis fascipinna Nichols and La Monte, 1953
	Species	Synodontis filamentosus Boulenger, 1901
	Species	Synodontis flavitaeniatus Boulenger, 1919
	Species	Synodontis frontosus Vaillant, 1895
	Species	Synodontis fuelleborni Hilgendorf and Pappenheim, 1903
	Species	Synodontis gambiensis Günther, 1864
	Species	Synodontis geledensis Günther, 1896
	Species	Synodontis granulosus Boulenger, 1900
	Species	Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891
	Species	Synodontis guttatus Günther, 1865
	Species	Synodontis haugi Pellegrin, 1906
	Species	Synodontis iturii Steindachner, 1911
	Species	Synodontis katangae Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis khartoumensis Gideiri, 1967
	Species	Synodontis koensis Pellegrin, 1933
	Species	Synodontis labeo Günther, 1865
	Species	Synodontis laessoei Norman, 1923
	Species	Synodontis leopardinus Pellegrin, 1914
	Species	Synodontis leopardus Pfeffer, 1896
	Species	Synodontis levequei Paugy, 1987
	Species	Synodontis longirostris Boulenger, 1902
	Species	Synodontis longispinis Pellegrin, 1930
	Species	Synodontis lufirae Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis macrophthalmus Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis macrops Greenwood, 1963
	Species	Synodontis macrostigma Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Synodontis macrostoma Skelton and White, 1990
	Species	Synodontis manni De Vos, 2001
	Species	Synodontis marmoratus Lönnberg, 1895
	Species	Synodontis matthesi Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis melanopterus Boulenger, 1903
	Species	Synodontis membranaceus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
	Species	Synodontis multimaculatus Boulenger, 1902
	Species	Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger, 1898
	Species	Synodontis nebulosus Peters, 1852
	Species	Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Synodontis nigriventris David, 1936 – back-swimming Congo catfish, up-side-down catfish
	Species	Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger, 1905
	Species	Synodontis njassae Keilhack, 1908
	Species	Synodontis notatus Vaillant, 1893
	Species	Synodontis nummifer Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis obesus Boulenger, 1898
	Species	Synodontis ocellifer Boulenger, 1900
	Species	Synodontis omias Günther, 1864
	Species	Synodontis ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis ornatissimus Gosse, 1982
	Species	Synodontis pardalis Boulenger, 1908
	Species	Synodontis petricola Matthes, 1959
	Species	Synodontis pleurops Boulenger, 1897
	Species	Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982
	Species	Synodontis polyodon Vaillant, 1895
	Species	Synodontis polystigma Boulenger, 1915
	Species	Synodontis pulcher Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis punctifer Daget, 1965
	Species	Synodontis punctulatus Günther, 1889
	Species	Synodontis rebeli Holly, 1926
	Species	Synodontis resupinatus Boulenger, 1904
	Species	Synodontis ricardoae Seegers, 1996
	Species	Synodontis robbianus Smith, 1875
	Species	Synodontis robertsi Poll, 1974
	Species	Synodontis ruandae Matthes, 1959
	Species	Synodontis rufigiensis Bailey, 1968
	Species	Synodontis rukwaensis Hilgendorf and Pappenheim, 1903
	Species	Synodontis schall (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
	Species	Synodontis schoutedeni David, 1936
	Species	Synodontis serpentis Whitehead, 1962
	Species	Synodontis serratus Rüppell, 1829
	Species	Synodontis smiti Boulenger, 1902
	Species	Synodontis soloni Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Synodontis sorex Günther, 1864
	Species	Synodontis steindachneri Boulenger, 1913
	Species	Synodontis tanganyicae Borodin, 1936
	Species	Synodontis tessmanni Pappenheim, 1911
	Species	Synodontis thamalakanensis Fowler, 1935
	Species	Synodontis thysi Poll, 1971
	Species	Synodontis tourei Daget, 1962
	Species	Synodontis unicolor Boulenger, 1915
	Species	Synodontis vanderwaali Skelton and White, 1990
	Species	Synodontis velifer Norman, 1935
	Species	Synodontis vermiculatus Daget, 1954
	Species	Synodontis victoriae Boulenger, 1906
	Species	Synodontis violaceus Pellegrin, 1919
	Species	Synodontis voltae Roman, 1975
	Species	Synodontis waterloti Daget, 1962
	Species	Synodontis woosnami Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Synodontis xiphias Günther, 1864
	Species	Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852
	Species	Synodontis zanzibaricus Peters, 1868

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
	Notes:
	Reference for:

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Synodontis

	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Synodontis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Synodontis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Synodontis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Synodontis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Synodontis, back-swimming Congo catfish [English]

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