Synodontis melanosticta = Synodontis nigromaculata?

[Dinyar]

I have the feeling that Synodontis nigromaculata is now a synonym of Synodontis melanosticta.

[Marc van Arc]

Have a look at this: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 59#p127159

[Mod edit: Fix up link to previous post - remove "Hilite" so that cat-elog links work OK. -- Mats]

[Birger]

Ferraris Checklist of Catfish-2007 has S.melanosticta as a synonym of S.nigromaculata as does fishbase currently.

Seegers-2008 has them as separate species in his book.

Both species have their own data page here on PC.


(as you can see I am trying to clear up some of the African based posts in this forum)

Birger

[Marc van Arc]

CoF:

melanostictus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1906:553, Pl. 34 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1); ref. 573] Lofu, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1906.9.8.72. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:136 [ref. 6194]). •Valid as Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger 1906 -- (Wright & Page 2006:130 [ref. 28885], Wright & Page 2008:296 [ref. 29628]). •Synonym of Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis melanosticta Boulenger 1906 Mochokidae. Distribution: East central Africa: Lake Tanganyika and its tributaries. Habitat: freshwater.

nigromaculatus, Synodontis Boulenger [G. A.] 1905:645 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 16 (no. 96); ref. 15342] Lake Bangwelo [Bangweolo], Zambia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.11.10.10. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculatus Boulenger 1905 -- (Poll 1971:325 [ref. 7700], Gosse 1986:136 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:196 [ref. 12860], Skelton & White 1990:280 [ref. 13608], Skelton 1993:250 [ref. 24071], De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde 1998:153 [ref. 24905], Skelton 2001:250 [ref. 27406], Schraml 2003:18 [ref. 27544]). •Valid as Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 -- (Ferraris 2007:318 [ref. 29155], Wright & Page 2008:296 [ref. 29628]). Current status: Valid as Synodontis nigromaculata Boulenger 1905 Mochokidae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

[Birger]

Can we move this to resolved?

[Marc van Arc]

Done.

[Jools]

Nicely done.

Jools