guttatus, Synodontis Günther [A.] 1865:452 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 15 (no. 89); ref. 13949] West Africa, probably Niger River. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1865.4.6.4 (dry). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]. Gender of genus treated by us as masculine. •Valid as Synodontis guttatus Günther 1865 -- (Poll 1971:77 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:130 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:543 [ref. 21590], Willoughby 1994:28 [ref. 22047]). •Valid as Synodontis guttata Günther 1865 -- (Ferraris 2007:315 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis guttatus Günther 1865. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Lower Niger basin, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.