Species that contain: Synodontis and clarias [ 6 ] records

callarias, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:379 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] South America and Nile River. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. An unneeded new name for Silurus clarias Linnaeus 1758. However, perhaps name should be regarded as misspelling of clarias Linnaeus, but the account of callarias includes the description of additional material. •Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Poll 1971:44 [ref. 7700], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:533 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

clarias, Pimelodus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[316], Pl. 13 (figs. 3-4) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4203 or 0000-4205. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:48 [ref. 19575] with syntypes, Ferraris 2007:320-321 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first in plate; technically the figured specimen is the holotype. As Synodontis clarias in Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1827:299 [ref. 4185]. The page number is from a different edition. •Same as Synodontis arabi Valenciennes 1840 -- (authors). •Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Poll 1971:48 [ref. 7700], Ferraris 2007:320 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

clarias, Silurus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:306 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America [in error, actual Africa]. Lectotype: NRM 7044. Paralectotypes: NRM 73 (1). Type information and nomenclatural discussion: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:220-221 [ref. 20707]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Silfvergrip 1996 but the consequencies of this selection are discussed by Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. See Schraml 2011:27 [ref. 31440]. Selected lectotype was probably not a syntype of S. clarias. •Valid as Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Poll 1971:44 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:117 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:195 [ref. 12860], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:533 [ref. 21590], Willoughby 1994:26 [ref. 22047], Dankwa et al. 1999:37 [ref. 28023], De Vos 2001:48 [ref. 25362], Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155], Friel & Sullivan 2008:11 [ref. 29726], Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Widespread in Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

clarias, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] 1782:Pl. 35, 247 [M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands v. 1; ref. 19643] Commonly used as the valid name for a South American species (e.g., Galvis et al. 1997:65 [ref. 23651]), but Bloch did not intend a name separate from Silurus clarias Linnaeus 1758, an African species; Bloch's figure is of the South American species. Mees (1974:134 [ref. 2969]) uses Pimelodus blochii for the South American Pimelodus clarias of authors. •Treated as valid -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:59 [ref. 23791], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808]). •Name belongs to an African species, misused for Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Villa-Navarro et al. 2017:354 [ref. 35495]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae. Habitat: freshwater.

macrodon, Synodontis Geoffroy St. Hilaire [I.] 1827:295 [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4185] Nile River, Egypt. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4194. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:48 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. A new name for Pimelotus synodontis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. •Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Poll 1971:44 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:118 [ref. 6194], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:533 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

synodontis, Pimelodus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[308], Pl. 12 (figs. 5-6) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4194. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. Original spelling in text is synodontes, synodontis in plate caption published in 1809. Publication date of text uncertain. possibly 1817 or 1818. Name possibly changed to avoid tautonomy. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Poll 1971:44 [ref. 7700], Paugy & Roberts in Lévêque et al. 1992:533 [ref. 21590] as synodontes, Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.