Synodontis xiphias: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Synodontis
- Species
- Synodontis xiphias
- Scientific Name
- Synodontis xiphias
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Synodontis xiphias
Synodontis xiphias is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to the Niger River basin of Nigeria. It was first described by German ichthyologist Albert Günther in 1864, from specimens obtained in the Niger River. The species name xiphias comes from the Greek word xiphos, meaning sword, which refers to the long snout that was observed on the stuffed type specimen.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Synodontis abditus
- Synodontis acanthomias
- Synodontis acanthoperca
- Synodontis afrofischeri
- Synodontis alberti
- Synodontis albolineatus
- Synodontis angelicus
- Synodontis annectens
- Synodontis ansorgii
- Synodontis arnoulti
- Synodontis aterrimus
- Synodontis bastiani
- Synodontis batensoda
- Synodontis batesii
- Synodontis brichardi
- Synodontis budgetti
- Synodontis camelopardalis
- Synodontis carineae
- Synodontis caudalis
- Synodontis caudovittatus
- Synodontis centralis
- Synodontis clarias
- Synodontis comoensis
- Synodontis congicus
- Synodontis contractus
- Synodontis courteti
- Synodontis cuangoanus
- Synodontis decorus
- Synodontis dekimpei
- Synodontis denticulatus
- Synodontis depauwi
- Synodontis dhonti
- Synodontis dorsomaculatus
- Synodontis eupterus
- Synodontis fascipinna
- Synodontis filamentosus
- Synodontis flavitaeniatus
- Synodontis frontosus
- Synodontis fuelleborni
- 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
- Synodontis macrostigma
- Synodontis macrostoma
- Synodontis manni
- Synodontis marmoratus
- Synodontis matthesi
- Synodontis melanopterus
- Synodontis melanostictus
- Synodontis membranaceus
- Synodontis multimaculatus
- Synodontis multipunctatus
- Synodontis nebulosus
- Synodontis ngouniensis
- Synodontis nigrita
- Synodontis nigriventris
- Synodontis nigromaculatus
- Synodontis njassae
- Synodontis notatus
- Synodontis nummifer
- Synodontis obesus
- Synodontis ocellifer
- Synodontis omias
- Synodontis orientalis
- Synodontis ornatipinnis
- Synodontis ornatissimus
- Synodontis ouemeensis
- Synodontis pardalis
- Synodontis petricola
- Synodontis pleurops
- Synodontis polli
- Synodontis polyodon
- Synodontis polystigma
- Synodontis pulcher
- Synodontis punctifer
- Synodontis punctulatus
- Synodontis punu
- Synodontis rebeli
- Synodontis resupinatus
- Synodontis ricardoae
- Synodontis robbianus
- Synodontis robertsi
- Synodontis ruandae
- Synodontis rufigiensis
- Synodontis rukwaensis
- Synodontis schall
- Synodontis schoutedeni
- Synodontis serpentis
- Synodontis serratus
- Synodontis smiti
- Synodontis soloni
- Synodontis sorex
- Synodontis steindachneri
- Synodontis tanganyicae
- Synodontis tessmanni
- Synodontis thamalakanensis
- Synodontis thysi
- Synodontis tourei
- Synodontis unicolor
- Synodontis vanderwaali
- Synodontis velifer
- Synodontis vermiculatus
- Synodontis victoriae
- Synodontis violaceus
- Synodontis voltae
- Synodontis waterloti
- Synodontis woleuensis
- Synodontis woosnami
- Synodontis xiphias
- Synodontis zambezensis
- Synodontis zanzibaricus