Species that contain: Synodontis and nigromaculatus [ 3 ] records

colyeri, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1923:438 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 7, no. 13); ref. 15397] Mansa River, Zambia [northern Rhodesia]. Holotype (unique): SAM 14529 [now at AMG]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:137 [ref. 6194]). •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

melanostictus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1906:553, Pl. 34 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1); ref. 573] Lofu, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1906.9.8.72. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:136 [ref. 6194]). •Valid as Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger 1906 -- (Wright & Page 2006:130 [ref. 28885], Wright & Page 2008:296 [ref. 29628]). •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger 1906. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: East central Africa: Lake Tanganyika and its tributaries. Habitat: freshwater.

nigromaculatus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1905:645 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 16 (no. 96) (art. 72); ref. 15342] Lake Bangwelo [Bangweolo], Zambia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.11.10.10. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155], Wright & Page 2008:296 [ref. 29628], Marshall 2011:181 [ref. 31755]). •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:136 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], Skelton & White 1990:280 [ref. 13608], Skelton 1993:250 [ref. 24071], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:153 [ref. 24905], Skelton 2001:250 [ref. 27406], Schraml 2003:18 [ref. 27544], Bruton et al. 2018:75 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:235 [ref. 36564], Abwe et al. 2023:31 [ref. 39992]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.