dorsomaculatus, Synodontis Poll [M.] 1971:449, Fig. 210; Pls. 7(8), 12(18) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 191; ref. 7700] Kadia, Kisale, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 71395. Paratypes: IRSNB 703-704 (2, 2); MRAC 35049 (1), 69655-57 (3), 71396-99 (4), 71442 (1), 79-01-P-4700-4703 (4), 79-01-P-4704-4708 (5). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:16 [ref. 20755], Derijst 1991:67 [ref. 21528], Ferraris 2007:314 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis dorsomaculatus Poll 1971 -- (Gosse 1986:125 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:195 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Synodontis dorsomaculata Poll 1971 -- (Ferraris 2007:314 [ref. 29155], Wright & Page 2008:297 [ref. 29628]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis dorsomaculatus Poll 1971. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Congo River basin, central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.