Microsynodontis CLOG links
Posted: 02 Mar 2009, 08:45
When hovering over the CLOG links for and , they both show the same image (that of M. batesii), but with the correct text below.
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It seems like the jury is out as to whether it is a single species or two separate species - Silurus (Ng below)seems to think it is two separate, whilst Gosse, 1986 & Ferraris, 2007 [Checklist of catfish ...] lists it as a synonym. I can't really say who is right...
Catalog of fishes lists both species when searching for M. batesii.
This is the entry fro
--COF wrote: christyi, Microsynodontis Boulenger 1920:32, Fig. 15 [Annales du Musee du Congo Belge (Serie 1) v. 2 (fasc. 4); ref. 587]. Poko, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo]. Syntypes: BMNH 1919.9.10.281 [not 381] (1), MRAC 7168-70 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:309 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger 1903 -- (Gosse 1986:116 [ref. 6194], Ferraris 2007:309 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger 1920 -- (Ng 2004:50 [ref. 27697]). Current status: Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger 1920. Mochokidae. Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.
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