vermiculatus, Synodontis Daget [J.] 1954:292, Fig. 109 [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 36; ref. 11989] Mopti, Niger River, Mali. Neotype: MNHN 1961-1129. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155]. Neotype designated by Poll 1971:170 [ref. 7700]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis vermiculatus Daget 1954 -- (Poll 1971:170 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:149 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:536 [ref. 21590], Willoughby 1994:26 [ref. 22047]). •Valid as Synodontis vermiculata Daget 1954 -- (Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis vermiculatus Daget 1954. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Niger River basin, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.