Synodontis omias Günther, 1864

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Synodontis omias : Günther, 1864 a : 213Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 5 : Physostomi. | Sauvage, 1880 a : 21Etude sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué. | Boulenger, 1901 q : 311Les poissons du bassin du Congo. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 49A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1911 a : 401, fig. 304Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Pellegrin, 1922 i : 636Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale. | Pellegrin, 1923 b : 196Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale (du Sénégal au Niger). | Holly, 1930 c : 221Ueber die Berechtigung der Siluridenspezies Synodontis pfefferi Steindachner. | Breder & Rosen, 1966 : 632-643Modes of reproduction in fishes. | Poll, 1971 a : 66-70, fig. 18Révision des Synodontis africains (Famille Mochocidae). | Lévêque & Paugy, 1984 : 271, figGuide des poissons d'eau douce de la zone du programme de lutte contre l'onchocercose en Afrique de l'Ouest. | Gosse, 1986 b : 139-14036. Mochokidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 196An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Lévêque et al., 1991 : 143Annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of the Nilo-sudan river basins, in Africa. | Paugy & Roberts, 1992 : 535-536, fig. 29.3029. Mochokidae. | Paugy et al., 1994 : 62Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. | Willoughby, 1994 : 28The taxonomy of the genus Synodontis (Pisces: Siluroidea) in Lake Kainji, Nigeria. | Olaosebikan & Raji, 1998 : 89Field guide to Nigerian freshwater fishes. | Oti, 2003 : 127Studies on the ichthyofauna of Ehoma Floodplain, Afikpo Eastern Nigeria. | Paugy & Roberts, 2003 : 234-236, fig. 30.2830. Mochokidae. | Friel & Vigliotta, 2006 : 54Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). | Ferraris, 2007 : 319Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Offem et al., 2008 : 135Reproductive aspects of common freshwater fishes in the Cross River, Nigeria. | Seegers, 2008 a : 465, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Paugy & Roberts, 1992 | Paugy & Roberts, 2003 | Poll, 1971a .
Common names : Nigerinripsimonni (Finnish), Kurungu (Hausa: Nigeria), Okpo (Igbo: Nigeria), Ikpoki (Ijo: Nigeria), Fono (Kanuri: Nigeria), Egungigi (Nupe: Nigeria), Okokoniko (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
Current distribution known : only known from the inland Niger river basin, specifically from the type locality of Jebba in Nigeria. It may occur over a wider area but more information is needed to confirm this .
Morphology / anatomy : Paugy & Roberts, 1992 | Paugy & Roberts, 2003 | Poll, 1971a .
Reproduction : distinct pairing during breeding .
Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 .
Size : 360 mm SL, 430 mm TL .
Types :
- Synodontis omias Günther, 1864 a: 213. Type locality: "West-Africa", Niger River. Holotype (skeleton) BMNH n° 1863.12: 93.