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Species related to Synodontis multipunctatus: [ 2 ] records

grandiops, Synodontis Wright [J. J.] & Page [L. M.] 2006:109, Figs. 3C, 8-9 [Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History v. 46 (no. 4); ref. 28885] Mwakizega coastline, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: BMNH 1982.4.13.4785. Paratypes: (12 lots) BMNH 1982.4.13.4786 (1), 1920.5.25.83-84 (2), 1955.12.20.1833 (1), 1955.12.20.1837 (1), 1982.4.13.4784 (1), 1982.4.13:4789-4791 (3), 1982.4.13:4787-4788 (2); MRAC 39186-39188 (3), 53096-53097 (2), 90273-90275 (3), 91606-91607 (2); SAIAB 77890 (3). •Valid as Synodontis grandiops Wright & Page 2006 -- (Ferraris 2007:445 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Synodontus multipunctatus Boulenger 1898 -- (Englmaier et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41715]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger 1898. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: East central Africa: Lake Tanganyika [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

multipunctatus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:497 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3); ref. 20658] Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.9.9.76. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:317 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in more detail in Boulenger 1898:24, Pl. 8 [ref. 547]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis multipunctata Boulenger 1898 -- (Ferraris 2007:317 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger 1898 -- (Poll 1971:270 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:134 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:149 [ref. 24905], Schraml 2003:61 [ref. 27543], Wright & Page 2006:134 [ref. 28885], Englmaier et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41715], Englmaier et al. 2026:2 [ref. 42994]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis multipunctatus Boulenger 1898. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Eastern-central Africa: Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) endemic. IUCN (2025) Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.