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Synodontis guttatus
Plate 1 of 1. Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Synodontis guttatus

Synodontis guttatus 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 1865, from the Niger River. The species name guttatus is the Latin word for "spotted", referring to the spots appearing on the fins and body of the fish.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 188513.