Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
No information available.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Family:
Mochokidae
()
- Genus:
Synodontis
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
woleuensis
- Friel & Sullivan, 2008
- Scientific name: - Synodontis woleuensis Friel & Sullivan, 2008
- Specific name:
woleuensis
- Friel & Sullivan, 2008
- Genus:
Synodontis
(
- Family:
Mochokidae
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Friel, J.P. and J.P. Sullivan Synodontis woleuensis
(Siluriformes: Mochokidae), a new species of catfish from Gabon and
Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 157(1):3-12.,
2008.
Synodontis woleuensis has previously been misidentified
in the literature and museum collections
as S. batesii,
a closely related species also known from the Lower Guinea ichthyofaunal
region, as well as the Congo basin
.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Synodontis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 56 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. afrofischeri (Fischer's Victoria Squeaker) · S. alberti (Bigeye Squeaker (FB)) · S. angelica (Spotted Upside-Down Catfish) · S. angelicus (Spotted Upside-Down Catfish) · S. batensoda (Upsidedown Catfish) · S. clarias (Squeaker) · S. contracta (Upsidedown Catfish) · S. contractus (Bugeye Squeaker (FB)) · S. decora (Barredtail Squeaker) · S. decorus (Barredtail Squeaker) · S. euptera (Featherfin Squeaker) · S. eupterus (Featherfin Squeaker) · S. filamentosa (Catfish) · S. filamentosus (Catfish) · S. flavitaeniata (Chocolatestriped Squeaker) · S. flavitaeniatus (Orangestriped Squeaker (FB)) · S. frontosa (Sudan Squeaker) · S. frontosus (Sudan Squeaker) · S. fuelleborni (Fuelleborn´s Squeaker) · S. gambiensis (Tsetsentor) · S. geledensis (Geledi Squeaker) · S. leopardina (Leopard Squeaker) · S. leopardinus (Leopard Squeaker) · S. macrostigma (Largespot Squeaker) · S. macrostoma (Largemouth Squeaker) · S. manni (Feather-Barbelled Squeaker) · S. melanostictus (Back-Swimming Congo Catfish) · S. membranacea (Catfish) · S. membranaceus (Catfish) · S. multipunctatus (African Catfish) · S. nebulosa (Clouded Squeaker) · S. nebulosus (Clouded Squeaker) · S. nigrita (Catfish) · S. nigriventris (Back-Swimming Congo Catfish) · S. nigromaculata (Blackspotted Squeaker) · S. nigromaculatus (Blackspotted Squeaker (FB)) · S. njassae (Malawi Spotted Catfish) · S. notata (Onespot Squeaker) · S. notatus (Onespot Squeaker (FB)) · S. ocellifer (Catfish) · S. petricola (Cuckoo Catfish) · S. pleurops (Congo Squeaker (FB)) · S. ricardoae (Ricardo´s Squeaker) · S. ruandae (Rwanda Ruandae) · S. rukwaensis (Lake Rukwa Squeaker) · S. schall (Catfish) · S. serpentis (Tana Squeaker) · S. serratus (Shield-Head Catfish) · S. thamalakanensis (Bubblebarb Squeaker) · S. vanderwaali (Finetooth Squeaker) · S. victoriae (Lake Victoria Squeaker) · S. woosnami (Upper Zambezi Squeaker) · S. xiphias (Brown Squeaker) · S. zambezensis (Brown Squeaker) · S. zanzibarica (East Coast Squeaker) · S. zanzibaricus (East Coast Squeaker)
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Further Reading
- Friel, J.P. and J.P. Sullivan Synodontis woleuensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), a new species of catfish from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 157(1):3-12., 2008.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Moelants, T. 2010. Synodontis woleuensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-161671
- IUCN ID: 244856
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4260298
Footnotes
- Moelants, T. 2010. Synodontis woleuensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
