serpentis, Synodontis Whitehead [P. J. P.] 1962:100, Figs. 1A, 1B [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 65 (no. 1-2); ref. 6549] Athi River at Jilore, Kenya. Holotype: BMNH 1962.1.19.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1962.1.19.2-12 (4 of 11), MRAC 165765 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:321 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Synodontis serpentis Whitehead 1962 -- (Poll 1971:420 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:146 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], De Vos 2001:48 [ref. 25362], Seegers et al. 2003:39 [ref. 28087], Ferraris 2007:321 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis serpentis Whitehead 1962. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Athi and Tana River basins, Kenya. Habitat: freshwater.