nigromaculatus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1905:645 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 16 (no. 96) (art. 72); ref. 15342] Lake Bangwelo [Bangweolo], Zambia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.11.10.10. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155], Wright & Page 2008:296 [ref. 29628], Marshall 2011:181 [ref. 31755]). •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:136 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], Skelton & White 1990:280 [ref. 13608], Skelton 1993:250 [ref. 24071], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:153 [ref. 24905], Skelton 2001:250 [ref. 27406], Schraml 2003:18 [ref. 27544], Bruton et al. 2018:75 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:235 [ref. 36564], Abwe et al. 2023:31 [ref. 39992], Bigirimana et al. 2024:36 [ref. 41336] as aff. nigromaculatus). Current status: Valid as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.