Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Mochokidae > Synodontis > Synodontis nigromaculatus

Synodontis nigromaculatus (Spotted squeaker; Blackspotted squeaker)

Synonyms: Synodontis colyeri; Synodontis nigromaculata
Language: Afrikaans; Bemba; Danish; Finnish; German; Lwena; Mandarin Chinese; Other; Sena

Wikipedia Abstract

Synodontis nigromaculatus, the blackspotted squeaker, is a species of upside-down catfish found widely in southern Africa. This species grows to a length of 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in) TL. This species is important in local fisheries as a source of human food as well as being a gamefish and is found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Moremi Game Reserve IV 1214686 Botswana  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0