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Species related to Synodontis petricola: [ 2 ] records


lucipinnis, Synodontis Wright [J. J.] & Page [L. M.] 2006:126, Figs. 4A, 19 [Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History v. 46 (no. 4); ref. 28885] Musende Rocks, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, 8°46'00"S, 31°07'00"E. Holotype: SAIAB 77880. Paratypes: SAIAB 39577 (10), 77879 (3), 77881 (4), 77894 (1). •Valid as Synodontis lucipinnis Wright & Page 2006 -- (Ferraris 2007:445 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Synodontus petricola Matthes 1959 -- (Englmaier et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41715]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis petricola Matthes 1959. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Eastern-central Africa: Musende Rocks area, Zambian, Lake Tanganyika [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

petricola, Synodontis Matthes [M.] 1959:78 [Folia Scientifica Africae Centralis v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 6068] Kashekezi, northern Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 130357. Paratypes: BMNH 1936.6.15.1232 (1); MRAC 130358-60 (3), 130361-67 (7), 130368-76 (9), 130377 (1), 130824 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Synodontis petricola Matthes 1959 -- (Poll 1971:409 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:140 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:149 [ref. 24905], Schraml 2003:63 [ref. 27543], Wright & Page 2006:138 [ref. 28885], Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155], Englmaier et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41715], Englmaier et al. 2026:2 [ref. 42994]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis petricola Matthes 1959. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Eastern-central Africa: Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzaniua, Zambia) endemic. IUCN (2025): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.


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