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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyMochokidae
  5. ›genusSynodontis
Synodontis angelicus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Angel Catfish

Synodontis angelicus Schilthuis, 1891

Also calledPerlhuhnwels (deu) · сомик ангельский (rus) · Englemalle (dan) · Gøgemalle (dan)

First described in: Schilthuis, L. (1891). On a collection of fishes from the Congo; with description of some new species. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, Ser.</em> 2 v. 3: 83-92, Pl.6.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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Every page naming Synodontis angelicus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2344442.