Species that contain: Synodontis and sorex [ 2 ] records

sorex, Synodontis Günther [A.] 1864:211 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River at Khartoum, Sudan. Lectotype: BMNH 1862.6.17.69. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1862.6.17.65 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:321 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Poll 1971:65 [ref. 7700]. •Valid as Synodontis sorex Günther 1864 -- (Poll 1971:64 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:147 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:537 [ref. 21590], Willoughby 1994:27 [ref. 22047], Dankwa et al. 1999:37 [ref. 28023], De Vos 2001:48 [ref. 25362], Ferraris 2007:321 [ref. 29155], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis sorex Günther 1864. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Northern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

voltae, Synodontis Roman [B.] 1975:45, Fig. [Notes et documents voltaïques: bulletin trimestriel d'information scientifique, Centre Voltaïque de la Recherche Scientifique. v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 7280] Bougouriba River, Upper Volta. Holotype: MHV V5641. Paratypes: MHV V5642 (1), MHV V5643-5653 (11). Additional material: MRAC 76-53-P-1 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:323 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Synodontis sorex (Günther 1864) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367]). •Valid as Synodontis voltae Roman 1975 -- (Gosse 1986:150 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], Ferraris 2007:323 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis voltae Roman 1975. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Western Africa: upper Volta River basin, Volta ecoregion endemic. Habitat: freshwater.