Synodontis macrostigma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Synodontis
- Species
- Synodontis macrostigma
- Scientific Name
- Synodontis macrostigma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Synodontis macrostigma
Synodontis macrostigma, known as the largespot squeaker, is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia where it is found in the Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi and Kafue River systems. It was first described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1911, from specimens collected in the Okovango River, Botswana, by R. B. Woosnam. The species name macrostigma is derived from the Greek word makros, meaning "large", and the Greek word stigma, meaning "mark" or "spot" and refers to the large spots on the sides of the fish.
...Synodontis macrostigma in languages:
- Czech
- peřovec žlutolemý
- English
- Largespot Squeaker
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Synodontis arnoulti
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- Synodontis batesii
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- Synodontis budgetti
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- Synodontis carineae
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- Synodontis comoensis
- Synodontis congicus
- Synodontis contractus
- Synodontis courteti
- Synodontis cuangoanus
- Synodontis decorus
- Synodontis dekimpei
- Synodontis denticulatus
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- Synodontis dhonti
- Synodontis dorsomaculatus
- Synodontis eupterus
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- Synodontis filamentosus
- Synodontis flavitaeniatus
- Synodontis frontosus
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- Synodontis gambiensis
- Synodontis geledensis
- Synodontis gobroni
- Synodontis grandiops
- Synodontis granulosus
- Synodontis greshoffi
- Synodontis guttatus
- Synodontis haugi
- Synodontis ilebrevis
- Synodontis irsacae
- Synodontis iturii
- Synodontis katangae
- Synodontis khartoumensis
- Synodontis koensis
- Synodontis kogonensis
- Synodontis laessoei
- Synodontis leopardinus
- Synodontis leopardus
- Synodontis levequei
- Synodontis longirostris
- Synodontis longispinis
- Synodontis lucipinnis
- Synodontis lufirae
- Synodontis macrophthalmus
- Synodontis macrops
- Synodontis macropunctatus
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- Synodontis manni
- Synodontis marmoratus
- Synodontis matthesi
- Synodontis melanopterus
- Synodontis melanostictus
- Synodontis membranaceus
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- Synodontis njassae
- Synodontis notatus
- Synodontis nummifer
- Synodontis obesus
- Synodontis ocellifer
- Synodontis omias
- Synodontis orientalis
- Synodontis ornatipinnis
- Synodontis ornatissimus
- Synodontis ouemeensis
- Synodontis pardalis
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- Synodontis punu
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- Synodontis robbianus
- Synodontis robertsi
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- Synodontis rukwaensis
- Synodontis schall
- Synodontis schoutedeni
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- Synodontis serratus
- Synodontis smiti
- Synodontis soloni
- Synodontis sorex
- Synodontis steindachneri
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