batesii, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:50 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 9); ref. 15135] Ja River at Bitye, southern Cameroon. Lectotype: BMNH 1907.5.22.179. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1907.5.22.180-186 (7), 1904.10.26.44-45 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:312 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Poll 1971:331, fig. 150 [ref. 7700]. •Valid as Synodontis batesii Boulenger 1907 -- (Poll 1971:331 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:121 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:195 [ref. 12860], Friel & Vigliotta 2006:46 [ref. 28580], Ferraris 2007:312 [ref. 29155], Friel & Sullivan 2008:11 [ref. 29726], Fermon et al. 2007:735 [ref. 30032], De Weirdt et al. 2008:122 [ref. 29869], Vreven & Milondo 2009:100 [ref. 30416], Vreven & Ibala Zamba 2011:359 [ref. 31194], Fermon et al. 2022:159 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis batesii Boulenger 1907. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Cameroon south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including central Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.