multipunctatus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:497 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3); ref. 20658] Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.9.9.76. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:317 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in more detail in Boulenger 1898:24, Pl. 8 [ref. 547]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger 1898 -- (Poll 1971:270 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:134 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:149 [ref. 24905], Schraml 2003:61 [ref. 27543], Wright & Page 2006:134 [ref. 28885]). •Valid as Synodontis multipunctata Boulenger 1898 -- (Ferraris 2007:317 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger 1898. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: East central Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.