Synodontis Cuvier 1816 (upside down catfish)
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Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Parent taxon: Mochocidae according to P. C. Sereno et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Synodontis frontosus Synodontis schall
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (6 collections), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (15), Niger (1), Sudan (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Uganda (3)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (7), Uganda (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (18)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (3)
Total: 73 collections including 77 occurrences
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