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Synodontis njassae (Malawi catfish; Malawi spotted catfish; Malawi squeaker; Squeaker)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Malawi squeaker (Synodontis njassae) is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Lake Malawi. This species grows to a length of 19.2 centimetres (7.6 in) TL. This species is a minor component of local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Prey / Diet

Chaoborus edulis[1]
Engraulicypris sardella (Lake sardine)[2]

Predators

Bagrus meridionalis (Kampoyo)[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.
2Food type preference, breeding seasonality and size at first maturity of Synodontis njassae of southeast arm of Lake Malawi, Kamtambe, K.M., Kaunda, E.W., Msukwa, A. & Maguza-Tembo, F.; Third RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 24 - 28 September 2012, Entebbe, Uganda
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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