Synodontis irsacae Matthes, 1959

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Synodontis irsacae : Matthes, 1959 d : 78Poissons nouveaux du Lac Tanganika. Descriptions préliminaires. | Matthes, 1962 b : 37 (synonymy with Synodontis dhonti)Poissons nouveaux ou intéressants du lac Tanganika et du Ruanda. | Poll, 1971 a : 364 (synonym of Synodontis dhonti)Révision des Synodontis africains (Famille Mochocidae). | Gosse, 1986 b : 125 (synonym of Synodontis dhonti)36. Mochokidae. | Coulter, 1991 a : 126The benthic fish community: 151-199. In Coulter G.W. (ed.), Lake Tanganyika and its life. | Wright & Page, 2006 : 122-126, fig. 5B, 17Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). | Ferraris, 2007 : 314 (synonym of Synodontis dhonti)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 427, 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). | 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 : 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 35, fig. 7Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected. | 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
Biogeography / geographic variation : Day et al., 2023 .
Colour pattern : Englmaier et al., 2024 | Seegers, 2008 | Wright & Page, 2006 .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika .
Distribution_references : Englmaier et al., 2024 .
Evolution : Englmaier et al., 2026 .
Food habits / trophic level : omnivorous, feeding on algae, sponges, ostracods, small crabs, insect larvae, and fish eggs .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Coulter, 1991a | Matthes, 1959d .
Genetics : Day et al., 2013 | Day et al., 2023 | Englmaier et al., 2024 | Englmaier et al., 2026 .
Habitat / home range : littoral to benthic zones over shell, sand and mud bottoms, to a maximum depth of 40 m .
Habitat_references : Englmaier et al., 2024 .
Morphology / anatomy : Englmaier et al., 2024 | Wright & Page, 2006 .
Phylogeny : Day et al., 2013 | Day et al., 2023 | Englmaier et al., 2024 | Englmaier et al., 2026 .
Size : 157 mm SL, 190 mm TL .
Types :
- Synodontis irsacae Matthes, 1959 d: 78. Type locality: "Kalundu, Nord du lac Tanganika". Holotype MRAC n° 130.315; paratypes MRAC n° 130.316Â 321 (6).