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Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Mochokidae
genus
Synodontis
species
Synodontis nigrita

Name

Synonyms
Hemisynodontis nigrita (Valenciennes, 1840)
Synodontis fascipinna Nichols & La Monte, 1953
Synodontis negrita Valenciennes, 1840
Synodontis ornatus Pappenheim, 1914
Homonyms
Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840
Common names
Catfish in English
Common Syno in English
Djaraï in language.
Duduimadue in Ewe
Egungigi in language.
False Upside-down Catfish in English
Fono in Kanuri
Gargur in Arabic
Kerkar Kabir in Arabic
Kpor in Irish
Kuilkeka in language.
Kurungu in Hausa
Okokoniko in Yoruba
Okpo in Igbo
Ruskoripsimonni in Finnish
Schwarzer Fiederbartwels in German
peřovec tečkovaný in Czech
Catfish in English
Djaraï in language.
Duduimadue in Ewe
Egungigi in language.
Fono in Kanuri
Gargur in Arabic
Gbagagbaga in language.
Ikpoki in language.
Kerkar Kabir in Arabic
Kpor in Irish
Kuilkeka in language.
Kurungu in Hausa
Okokoniko in Yoruba
Okpo in Igbo
Ruskoripsimonni in Finnish
Schwarzer Fiederbartwels in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.].
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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