Species details : Synodontis violaceus Pellegrin, 1919

Accepted scientific name:
Synodontis violaceus Pellegrin, 1919 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Synodontis violaceus  Pellegrin, 1919
Synonyms:
Synodontis violacea Pellegrin, 1919 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Synodontis violacea Pellegrin, 1919
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Kurungu - Hausa Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Okpo - Igbo Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Ikpoki - Ijo Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Fono - Kanuri Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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堇色歧须鮠 Jin se qi xu wei Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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堇色歧鬚鮠 Jin se ci syu wei Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Kuilkeka Kuilkienka Mòoré Burkina Faso(Hauts-bassins de la Volta.) Click here to show the literature
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Egungigi - Nupe Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Okokoniko - Yoruba Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Mochokidae FishBase
Genus Synodontis FishBase
Distribution: Africa: basins of the Chad, Niger, with Benue, Volta and Senegal (Ref. 57223).
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: Synodontis is confirmed to be masculine by Schraml (2011: Ref. 92352).
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9639
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fb3ef650-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401