orientalis, Synodontis Seegers [L.] 2008:466 [544] [The catfishes of Africa; ref. 29708] Kanga, stream in lower Ruvu River drainage, 16 kilometers west of the Ruvu on the road from Bagamoyo to Tanga, Tanzania, 6°33'S, 38°42'E. Holotype: ZMB 33760. Paratypes: ZMB 13.683 (3), 33761 (5). Original description continued on p. 544. •Valid as Synodontis orientalis Seegers 2008. Current status: Valid as Synodontis orientalis Seegers 2008. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Ruvu River, Tanzania. Habitat: freshwater.