thamalakanensis, Synodontis Fowler [H. W.] 1935:274, Fig. 12 [Annals of the Transvaal Museum v. 16 (pt 2); ref. 1423] Thamalakane River at Maun, Botswana. Holotype: ANSP 53245. Paratypes: TMP 15305 [ex ANSP 53246] (1) [? now at SAIAB [formerly RUSI]]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:127 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Synodontis woosmani Boulenger 1911 -- (Poll 1971:342 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:150 [ref. 6194]). •Valid as Synodontis thamalakanensis Fowler 1935 -- (Skelton & White 1990:280 [ref. 13608], Skelton 1993:256 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:256 [ref. 27406], Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155], Marshall 2011:186 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:79 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:235 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis thamalakanensis Fowler 1935. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Okavago and upper Zambezi River systems. Habitat: freshwater.