/mochokidae/synodontis/ornatissima/1.jpg "Synodontis ornatissima(1) Lateral view - Click to enlarge")
/mochokidae/synodontis/ornatissima/2.jpg "Synodontis ornatissima(2) - Click to enlarge")
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/mochokidae/synodontis/ornatissima/4.jpg "Synodontis ornatissima(4) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Synodontis ornatissima Gosse, 1982 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Poko, Zaire. |
| Synonym(s) | Synodontis ornatissimus, Synodontis ornatus |
| Pronunciation | sin oh don tiss |
| Etymology | Synodontis: From the Greek syn, meaning together, and odontos, meaning tooth; in reference to the closely-spaced lower jaw teeth. In Latin meaning most ornamented. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 200mm (7.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | All species in the genus Synodontis have a hardened head cap that has attached a process (humeral process) which is situated behind the gill opening and pointed towards the posterior. The dorsal fin and pectoral fins have a hardened first ray which is serrated. Caudal fin is always forked. There is one pair of maxillary barbels, sometimes having membranes and occasionally branched. The two pairs of mandibular barbels are often branched and can have nodes attached. The cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw are short. S-shaped and movable in the lower jaw. These fish produce audible sounds when disturbed rubbing the base of the pectoral spine against the pectoral girdle. Compact and fairly short body, large eye, when viewed from above the snout is short and pointed. The humeral process is broad and rounded. Deeply forked caudal with pointed lobes, fairly large adipose fin. Bronze-olive base darker towards the upper portion, lighter at the belly. Dots smaller than the eye on the body and adipose fin, very small dots on the head, dots on the rayed fins form transverse stripes. |
| General Remarks | An explanation is in order as to the status of the synonym, Synodontis ornatus. There is a paper by Pappenheim & Boulenger(1914) using Synodontis ornatus which shows a drawing of a fish that very much looks like a Synodontis nigrita, the fish shown in this paper is now considered a synonym of S. nigrita. A second paper by Boulenger (1920) using Synodontis ornatus shows a drawing of a fish that looks like the images that are shown for Synodontis ornatissima which this second ornatus is now a synonym of. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Ubangi river and affluents. African Waters  , Congo, Ubangi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Cybium (Ser. 3) v. 6 (no. 2) 48. Seegers [L.] 2008:pg.469, The Catfishes of Africa. |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Oct 17 01:33 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00) |
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