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Species related to Synodontis polli: [ 3 ] records


eurystomus, Synodontis Matthes [M.] 1959:77 [Folia Scientifica Africae Centralis v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 6068] Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 130440. Paratypes: MRAC 130441 (1), 442-443 (2), 444-446 (3), 447-451 (5), 452-453 (2), 462-463 (2), 464 (1). Additional material: MRAC 454-461 (8), 131009 (1), 130814 (1), 130825 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Synodontis eurystomus Pfeffer 1889, replaced by Synodontis polli Gosse 1982. •Valid as Synodontis eurystomus Matthes 1959 -- (Poll 1971:405 [ref. 7700]). •Synonym of Synodontis polli Gosse 1982 -- (Wright & Page 2006:134 [ref. 28885], Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Synodontis polli Gosse 1982. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

polli, Synodontis Gosse [J.-P.] 1982:48 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 19579] Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 130440. Paratypes: MRAC 130441-64 (26). Non-types (additional material): MRAC 131009 (1), 130814 (1), 130825 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155]. Replacement name for Synodontis eurystomus Matthes 1959, preoccupied by Synodontis eurystomus Pfeffer 1889. •Valid as Synodontis polli Gosse 1982 -- (Gosse 1986:141 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:149 [ref. 24905], Schraml 2003:65 [ref. 27543], Wright & Page 2006:142 [ref. 28885], Ferraris 2007:319 [ref. 29155], Englmaier et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41715], Englmaier et al. 2026:2 [ref. 42994]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Synodontis polli Gosse 1982. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Eastern-central Africa: Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) endemic. IUCN (2025): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

ilebrevis, Synodontis Wright [J. J.] & Page [L. M.] 2006:117, Figs. 5D, 13-14 [Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History v. 46 (no. 4); ref. 28885] Chaitika, Tanzania, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: UF 160942. Paratypes: UF 162562 (8), MRAC 78-35-P-20-24 (5), SAIAB 78410 (1). •Valid as Synodontis ilebrevis Wright & Page 2006 -- (Ferraris 2007:445 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Synodontus polli Gosse 1982 -- (Englmaier et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41715]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis polli Gosse 1982. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Eastern- central Africa: Cape Chaitika area, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.


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