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Synodontis greshoffi  Schilthuis, 1891
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Hippocampus Bildarchiv (2) Allan James (4) Danny Blundell (1)
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Relevant Information: Synodontis greshoffi was collected by its namesake, M.A. Greshoff, in the area around Kinshasa, Stanley Pool, in the upper Congo River. near Brazzaville, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the new species was so named by the above author, L. Schilthuis, in a paper written by him in 1891. This is a fairly easy and tolerable species to keep, and a good looker to boot. It can be housed alongside other non aggressive species of Synodontis as long as they are given plenty of shelter such as pipes, rockwork etc to subdue any territorial tendencies between each species. The body pattern is somewhat similar to S.schoutedeni.
Common Name: Greshoff's Catfish
Synonyms: Synodontis afrofischeri, S.grenshoffi, S.depauwi, S.unicolor, S.tenuis, S.holopercnus, S.pantherinus
Family: Mochokidae blycipitidae
Distribution: Africa: Congo River basin, except Luapula River system and lower Congo. Type locality: Kinshasa, Stanley Pool
Size: 20cm. (8ins)
Temp: 23-27°C (73 -81°F)
p.H. 6.5-7.2.
Reference: ScotCat Factsheet no. 93. March 2004.


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Family:  Mochokidae

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