tessmanni, Synodontis Pappenheim [P.] 1911:523, Fig. 5 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 14797] West Africa. Holotype: ZMB 18413. Paratypes: ZMB 22624 (1), ?22625 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Synodontis tessmanni Pappenheim 1911 -- (Poll 1971:141 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:148 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], Friel & Vigliotta 2006:46 [ref. 28580], Ferraris 2007:322 [ref. 29155], Fermon et al. 2007:745 [ref. 30032], De Weirdt et al. 2008:122 [ref. 29869], Vreven & Milondo 2009:100 [ref. 30416], Vreven & Ibala Zamba 2011:359 [ref. 31194], Fermon et al. 2022:160 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis tessmanni Pappenheim 1911. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Cameroon south to Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.