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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 550mm, average 251mm, most commonly 65mm. All SL.
Species There are 11 "species" in 2 genera in the database
Keepers 11 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers
Breeders 1 "species" ( 9%) are being bred.
Distribution Africa

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Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Synodontis159 species(16 keepers)
2.Mochokiella1 species(3 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Synodontis ornatipinnisSynodontis ornatipinnis
(15.79%)
2.
Synodontis eupterusSynodontis eupterus
(15.79%)
3.
Mochokiella payneiMochokiella paynei
(15.79%)
4.
Synodontis multipunctatusSynodontis multipunctatus
(10.53%)
5.
Synodontis cf. petricolaSynodontis cf. petricola
(10.53%)
6.
Synodontis petricolaSynodontis petricola
(5.26%)
7.
Synodontis njassaeSynodontis njassae
(5.26%)
8.
Synodontis nigriventrisSynodontis nigriventris
(5.26%)
9.
Synodontis nigritaSynodontis nigrita
(5.26%)
10.
Synodontis decorusSynodontis decorus
(5.26%)
11.
Synodontis angelicusSynodontis angelicus
(5.26%)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species List
(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred)
1.
Mochokiella payneiMochokiella paynei
(i:16, k:3, b:0)
2.
Synodontis eupterusSynodontis eupterus
(i:22, k:3, b:0)
3.
Synodontis ornatipinnisSynodontis ornatipinnis
(i:9, k:3, b:0)
4.
Synodontis cf. petricolaSynodontis cf. petricola
(i:2, k:2, b:0)
5.
Synodontis multipunctatusSynodontis multipunctatus
(i:24, k:2, b:1)
6.
Synodontis angelicusSynodontis angelicus
(i:25, k:1, b:0)
7.
Synodontis decorusSynodontis decorus
(i:12, k:1, b:0)
8.
Synodontis nigritaSynodontis nigrita
(i:13, k:1, b:0)
9.
Synodontis nigriventrisSynodontis nigriventris
(i:26, k:1, b:0)
10.
Synodontis njassaeSynodontis njassae
(i:13, k:1, b:0)
11.
Synodontis petricolaSynodontis petricola
(i:20, k:1, b:0)