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Synodontis (upside down catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae

Taxonomy
Synodontis was named by Cuvier (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mochocidae by Sereno et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Synodontis Cuvier
2008Synodontis Sereno et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyMochokidaeJordan 1923
genusSynodontisCuvier 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Synodontis Cuvier 1816 [upside down catfish]
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Synodontis frontosus Vaillant 1895 [Sudan squeaker]
Synodontis schall Bloch and Schneider 1801 [wahrindi]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Holocene or 16.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Synodontis sp. (22216 22217 22247 22343 22344 22378 22396 22398 22405 22409 22422 22431 22433 22437 22440 22457)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Synodontis sp. (53970)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Synodontis sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uganda Synodontis sp. (22358 22361 22443)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Synodontis sp. (22345 22456)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Synodontis sp. (24181)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Synodontis sp. (22242)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Synodontis sp. (21510 22240)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Synodontis sp. (22250 22257 22258 22263 22265)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Synodontis sp. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Synodontis sp. (22122 22207 22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Synodontis sp. (22208 22211)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Synodontis sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Synodontis sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Synodontis sp. (21425 21436 21485)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Synodontis sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Synodontis sp. (21398 21418 21420 21451 21461)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Synodontis sp. (21545)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Synodontis sp. (21367 21421 21442 21462 21495 21498 22342 32051)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Synodontis sp. (21869 21872)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Synodontis sp. (22098 22099 22103)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Synodontis sp. (21368 21443)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Synodontis sp., Synodontis frontosus (22065) Synodontis sp., Synodontis schall, Synodontis frontosus (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Synodontis sp. (83304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Synodontis sp., Synodontis frontosus (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Synodontis sp. (21871 208786 208787)