Species that contain: Synodontis and gambiensis [ 3 ] records

gambiensis, Synodontis Günther [A.] 1864:214 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Gambia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2005.9.9.1 (poor condition). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:120 [ref. 26480], Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:561 [ref. 21590], Musschoot & Lalèyè 2008:1326 [ref. 29749]). •Valid as Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864 -- (Poll 1971:70 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:128 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], Willoughby 1994:28 [ref. 22047], Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Western Africa: Senegambia-Niger-Chad. Habitat: freshwater.

latifrons, Synodontis gambiensis Blache [J.] 1964:201, Fig. 112 [Mémoires de l'ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) No. 4; ref. 7943] Lake Chad basin. Syntypes (?): MNHN 1959-0495 (2), 1959-0500 (5), 1959-0524 (8). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]. •Questionably a synonym of Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864 -- (Gosse 1986:128 [ref. 6194]). •Possibly a valid species -- (Musschoot & Lalèyè 2008:1327 [ref. 29749]). •Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367]). •Synonym of Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864 -- (Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

xiphias, Synodontis Günther [A.] 1864:215 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Niger, western Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.11.9.1 (dry). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:323 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Synodontis xiphias Günther 1864 -- (Poll 1971:74 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:150 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], •Synonym of Synodontis gambiensis Günther 1864 -- (Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]). , Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:542 [ref. 21590], Willoughby 1994:28 [ref. 22047], Ferraris 2007:323 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis xiphias Günther 1864. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Niger River basin, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.