Scientific synonyms
Silurus schall Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Hemisynodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synodontis arabi Valenciennes, 1840
Pimelodus clarias Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Synodontis maculosus Rüppell, 1829
Leiosynodontis maculosus (Rüppell, 1829)
Hemisynodontis microps Guichenot, 1896
Synodontis smithii Günther, 1896