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Synodontis petricola, known as the cuckoo catfish, [2] or the pygmy leopard catfish, [3] is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Burundi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania where it is only known from Lake Tanganyika. [2] [4] It was first described by Belgian ichthyologist Hubert Matthes in 1959. [4]
Synodontis multipunctatus, also known as the cuckoo catfish, cuckoo squeaker, or multipunk, is a small catfish from Lake Tanganyika, one of the lakes in the Great Rift Valley system in Africa. It is a brood parasite upon mouthbrooding cichlids. This species grows to a length of 27.5 centimetres (10.8 in) TL.
Synodontis petricola. Synodontis is a freshwater catfish that is most commonly found throughout Africa, occurring mostly in Central and West Africa. [1] Synodontis is the most widely distributed mochokidae genus, occurring throughout most of the freshwaters of sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile River system. [3]
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Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
The cuckoo family gets its English and scientific names from the call of the male cuckoo, also familiar from cuckoo clocks. In most cuckoos, the calls are distinctive to particular species, and are useful for identification. Several cryptic species are best identified on the basis of their calls.
Scientific name Image Size Remarks Tank size Temperature range pH range Water Hardness Brichard's syno: Synodontis brichardi: 15 cm (5.9 in) Cuckoo squeaker: Synodontis multipunctatus: 27.5 cm (10.8 in) Clown squeaker: Synodontis decorus: 32 cm (13 in) Even-spotted squeaker, dwarf lake syno, false cuckoo syno: Synodontis petricola: 10 cm (3.9 in)
The cuckoo catfish is known for laying eggs on the substrate as mouthbrooding cichclids collect theirs and the young catfish will eat the cichlid larvae. Filial cannibalism occurs in some teleost families and may have evolved to combat starvation.