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Common member of the family Mochokidae
 
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Pronounced Moe COKI Day
Family Common Name Upside Down Catfish
Features Feathered barbels (some rare imports have a suckermouth) and naked flanks.
Common Names Upside Down Catfish, Syno, Squeaker, Lace Catfish, Suckermouth Catlet
Size Smallest 65mm, largest 300mm, average 137mm, most commonly 79mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 10 "species" in 3 genera in the database
Keepers 0 species (0.0%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution Africa

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Hop to next section Subfamilies in Mochokidae (by species)
2.Mochokinae318 species(3180%)
2.Chiloglanidinae72 species(720%)
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1.Synodontis159 species(0 keepers)
2.Chiloglanis72 species(0 keepers)
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(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Kept)
1.
Synodontis lucipinnisSynodontis lucipinnis
(i:24, k:0, b:6)
2.
Synodontis multipunctatusSynodontis multipunctatus
(i:24, k:0, b:5)
3.
Synodontis petricolaSynodontis petricola
(i:20, k:0, b:5)
4.
Chiloglanis neumanniChiloglanis neumanni
(i:2, k:0, b:1)
5.
Synodontis cf. polli(1)Synodontis cf. polli(1)
(i:7, k:0, b:1)
6.
Synodontis contractusSynodontis contractus
(i:9, k:0, b:1)
7.
Synodontis eupterusSynodontis eupterus
(i:22, k:0, b:1)
8.
Synodontis grandiopsSynodontis grandiops
(i:10, k:0, b:1)
9.
Synodontis nigriventrisSynodontis nigriventris
(i:26, k:0, b:1)
10.
Synodontis polliSynodontis polli
(i:22, k:0, b:1)