only from the Musende Rocks area (Mpulungu), local abundance unknown. Habitat. Rocky, coastal areas. Maximum depth unknown. Diet. Unknown. Reproduction. No information exists regarding the reproduction of Synodontis lucipinnis. Etymology. The specific name is a combination of the Latin luci, meaning bright or clear, and the Latin pinnis, meaning fin, a reference to the light patches found at the base of the black triangles found on the rayed fins of this species. Gender: feminine. Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger, 1906 (Figs. 4B, 21, 22; Tables 2, 9) Synodontis melanostictus Boulenger, 1906:553, pl. 34, description, Lofu (Lake Tanganyika); 1911:418, fig. 314, description, Lofu (Lake Tanganyika); 1916:316, note. Pappenheim and Boulenger, 1914:251, note. Poll, 1946:220, description, Lake Tanganyika. - Worthington andRicardo, 1933:1067,1077,1101, note, Lake Tanganyika. Ricardo-Bertram, 1940:209, first placed in synonymy of S. nigromaculatus. Matthes, 1962:41, table 2, comparison of specimens from Lake Tanganyika and Mweru-Luapula, comparison with S. serratus tanganaicae and S. lacustricolus. Sterba, 1963:408, fig. 610, Lake Tanganyika. Coulter, 1965- 1966:34, abundance at different depths, Lake Tanganyika. Brichard, 1978:424, key. Synodontis nigromaculatus. Brichard, 1989:479, key, 478, 480, 483, photos. Burgess, 1989:196, check- list, pl. 78, 82, 83, 94.- Coulter, 1991a:152, 154, 156, 181,191, abundance, habitat, reproduction; 1991b:287, phylogenetic relationship to Tanganyikan endemics. Material Examined. Holotype, BMNH 1906.9.8.72, TL 290 mm, SL 237 mm, Lake Tanganyika, coll. Cunnington, (4) MRAC 100515-100518, TL 183- 237 mm, SL 138-188 mm, Petite-Ruzizi, coll. G. Marlier and N. Leleup, V-VII. 1955, (2) MRAC 126293-294, TL 152-172 mm, SL 122-134 mm, Uvira, Lake Tanganyika, coll. G. Marlier, 13.IX. 1958, (1) MRAC 96-083-P-0002, SL 199 mm, Lufubu River, lower course, beginning of Yendwe Valley escarpment, Lake Tanganyika basin (Zambia), coll. L. De Vos, 26.X.1995. Comparative Material Examined. Holotype, S. nigromaculatus, BMNH 1905.11.10.10, TL 237 mm, SL 186 mm, Lake Bangwuelo, Zambia, coll. Esq. R. Melland, (1) S. nigromculatus, BMNH 1908.11.6.29, TL 244 mm, SL 177 mm, Maramba River, Upper Zambezi, coll. G.T. Corrington, (1) S. nigromaculatus, BMNH 1907.9.30.9, TL 319 mm, SL 238 mm, Lake BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 46(4) Bangwelo, coll. R.H. Melland, (4) S. nigromaculatus, BMNH 1920.5.26.95-102, TL58-115 mm, SL46-93 mm, Cape Kasangeneke, Lake Mweru, coll. L. Stappers, (6) S. nigromaculatus, BMNH 1943.7.27.414-421, TL 176- 271 mm, SL 133-208 mm, River Chambezi, Bangweulu Swamps, and Lake Bangweulu; coll. C. Ricardo et al., (1) S. nigromaculatus, BMNH 1976.3.18: 2439-2440, TL 192 mm, SL 153 mm, Thalamakane River at Maun (Botswana), coll. K. Berne, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 34006, TL 383 mm, SL 307 mm, Lukonzolwa, Lake Moero, coll. DeWitte, 9-17.11.1931, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 34007, TL 324 mm, SL 250 mm, Lukonzolwa, Lake Moero, coll. DeWitte, 9- 17.II.1931, (2) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 37814-815, TL 177-317 mm, SL 134-252 mm, Kasenga, Luapula River, coll. DeWitte, 10.III.1931, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 56319-56320, TL 132 mm, SL 104 mm, Luapula au Bangwelo, coll. Breolo, II1.1938, (2) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 162207-208, TL 86-114 mm, SL 62-87 mm, Dundo, afflt. Luachimo River called "Musapa wa Kamakenza" by indigenous peoples (Angola), coll. Barros Machado (Dundo Museum), 2.VI.1949, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 87132-133, TL 154 mm, SL 129 mm, Kasaji, Katanga, coll. Rev. S. Fischer, 5.XII.1952, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 162219, TL 183 mm, SL 141 mm, Lake Calundo, coll. indigenous peoples, 1.1955, (2) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 162210-213, TL 274-306 mm, SL 209-229 mm, Chiumbe River, near the junction with the Chilambo River (S745', E2105') (Angola), coll. Barros Machado (Dundo Museum), 24.XI. 1957, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 149537, TL 181 mm, SL 142 mm, Luwohoshi River, affl. Ruashi River, village of Shindaika, Katanga, coll. M. Lips, 25.111.1963, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 165806-807, TL 104 mm, SL 80 mm, Chambeshi River (Zambia), coll. H. Matthes, 16.VI.1965, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 172442, TL 177 mm, SL 134 mm, Lake Bangwelo, coll. Bell-Cross, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 94-019-P-1007, TL 152 mm, SL 116 mm, South Mofwe Lagoon, Luapula Swamp (Zambia), coll. P. Van Zweiten, 16.1I.1993-26.111.1993, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 94-019-P-2136, TL 208 mm, SL 158 mm, Pembe lagoon, near Katotoma, south lagoon, Luapula swamps (Zambia), coll. P. Van Zweiten, 17.VIII.1993, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 162203- 204 (orig. I.D. S. zambesensis), TL 180 mm, SL 132 mm, Nhefo River, afflt. The river to the left of the Luachimo, close to 50 km S. of Dundo (Angola), coll. Barros Machado (Dundo Museum), 111.1948, (1) S. nigromaculatus, MRAC 162206 (orig. I.D. S. zambesensis), TL 241 mm, SL 186 mm, Dundo, Luachimo River (Angola), coll. Barros Machado (Dundo