Synodontis petricola Matthes, 1959

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Synodontis multimaculatus (non Boulenger, 1902) : Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1101 (misidentification)The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae). | Poll, 1946 : 223 (misidentification)Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1971 a : 409 (synonym of Synodontis petricola) (misidentification)Révision des Synodontis africains (Famille Mochocidae)..
Synodontis petricola : Matthes, 1959 d : 78Poissons nouveaux du Lac Tanganika. Descriptions préliminaires. | Matthes, 1962 b : 34, pl. 2Poissons nouveaux ou intéressants du lac Tanganika et du Ruanda. | Breder & Rosen, 1966 : 642-643Modes of reproduction in fishes. | Bell-Cross & Kaoma, 1971 : 241Additions and amendments to the checklist of the fishes of Zambia. 3. | Poll, 1971 a : 409-416, fig. 192Révision des Synodontis africains (Famille Mochocidae). | Axelrod, 1974 a : 269Freshwater fishes. Book 1. | Brichard, 1978 b : 204Un inventaire des poissons du Cap Chopimbi Lac Tanganyka (Zambie). | Mayland, 1979 : 249Grosse Aquarienpraxis II. Tropische Aquarienfische. | Schraml, 1980 a : 621Fiederbartwelse der Gattung Synodontis (1). | Van Den Nieuwenhuizen, 1980 : figSynodontis petricola (Photo de couverture). | Blank, 1981 : 44Eine überraschende Erfahrung mit Synodontis petricola. | Finley, 1981 b : 83, figSynodontis catfish of Lake Tanganyika. | Vriesman, 1981 : 46, figWeiteres zu Synodontis petricola. | Finley, 1982 b : 29Food and feeding of Synodontis catfish. | Gosse, 1986 b : 140-14136. Mochokidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 196An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Coulter, 1991 a : 142The benthic fish community: 151-199. In Coulter G.W. (ed.), Lake Tanganyika and its life. | Eccles, 1992 : 74, 126FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | De Vos et al., 1996 : 15Trematocara zebra (Perciformes; Cichlidae), nouvelle espèce du nord-ouest du lac Tanganyika (Zaïre). | De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1998 : 149Le statut taxonomique de Synodontis serratus tanganaicae Borodin, 1936 du lac Tanganyika (Teleostei: Mochokidae): synonymie avec S. lacustricolus Poll, 1953. | Day & Wilkinson, 2006 : 549, 550, 551On the origin of the Synodontis catfish species flock from Lake Tanganyika. | Wright & Page, 2006 : 138-142, fig. 3D, 25Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). | Ferraris, 2007 : 319Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 471, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. | Day et al., 2013 : 356, 358Continental diversification of an African catfish radiation (Mochokidae: Synodontis). | Kasongo Ilunga et al., 2020 : 1152Description of a new small-sized Synodontis species (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) that is important for local subsistence fisheries in the middle Lufira (upper Congo River, DR Congo). | Schedel et al., 2022 : 1178New phylogenetic insights into the African catfish families Mochokidae and Austroglanididae. | Day et al., 2023 : 9Exceptional levels of species discovery ameliorate inferences of the biogeography and diversification of an Afrotropical catfish family. | Englmaier et al., 2024 : 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 35, fig. 10A, 10CRevised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected. | Sun et al., 2025 : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11Characterization of the complete mitogenomes of Synodontis decorus and Synodontis petricola (Teleostei: Mochokidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the Mochokidae family. | Englmaier et al., 2026 : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11Geographic and genomic signatures of a dynamic evolutionary history in Lake Tanganyika's Synodontis catfish radiation..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
Biogeography / geographic variation : Day et al., 2023 .
Colour pattern : Englmaier et al., 2024 | Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 | Wright & Page, 2006 .
Common names : Cuckoo catfish (English), Pikkukäkimonni (Finnish), Kuckucks-Fiederbartwels (German) .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika .
Distribution_references : Englmaier et al., 2024 .
Evolution : Englmaier et al., 2026 .
Food habits / trophic level : generally considered to be a specialized predator of Tanganyikan gastropods .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Coulter, 1991a | Matthes, 1959d | Matthes, 1962 b .
Genetics : Day et al., 2013 | Day et al., 2023 | Day & Wilkinson, 2006 | Englmaier et al., 2024 | Englmaier et al., 2026 | Schedel et al., 2022 | Sun et al., 2025 .
Habitat / home range : rocky coasts within the littoral zone, to a maximum depth of 30 m .
Habitat_references : Englmaier et al., 2024 .
Habits_references : Matthes, 1962 b .
Morphology / anatomy : Englmaier et al., 2024 | Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 | Wright & Page, 2006 .
Phylogeny : Day et al., 2013 | Day et al., 2023 | Day & Wilkinson, 2006 | Englmaier et al., 2024 | Englmaier et al., 2026 | Schedel et al., 2022 | Sun et al., 2025 .
Reproduction : distinct pairing during breeding .
Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Matthes, 1959d | Matthes, 1962 b .
Size : 135 mm TL .
Types :
- Synodontis petricola Matthes, 1959 d: 78. Type localities: "Kashekezi, Kalundu, Kigongo, Luhanga, Makobola, Bemba", Tanganyika Lake. Holotype MRAC n° 130.357; paratypes MRAC n° 130.358 to 130.377 (24), 130.824 (1).