Synodontis nigriventris  David, 1936
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Hippocampus Bildarchiv (3) Frants Lehmann (1 Stamp) Tobias Koch (4) BigFrogFeet (4)
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Relevant Information:	Dorsal: 1/7, Anal: 4/4-9 Characteristic of this species is the smooth anterior face of the dorsal spine, the narrow separation of the eyes and the large size of the eyes. Diet: Feeds mainly at night on insects, crustaceans and plant matter. A good diet of a good quality flake food, tablet food, frozen bloodworm and livefood such as daphnia should suffice. Oviparous. Aqaurium Care: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size  80 cm. Colour: Pale grey to cream coloured with dark brown to black blotches which may  run together to form irregular broad transverse bars. Belly uniformly black (nigriventris). The fins are often darkly spotted on a colourless ground. There is another variety which you can see in the last three thumbnails named S.nigriventris "zebra". It may be an undescribed species or it may be just a colour variety of the normal nigriventris, only time will tell on this issue. The normal nigriventris comes from all over the Congo drainage and the "zebra" variety from the region around the town of Kutu, Bandundu and Lac Leopold 11 in the Dem. Republic of the Congo.
Common Name:	Upside-down catfish
Synonyms:	Synodontis ornatipinnis
Family:	Mochokidae blycipitidae
Distribution:	Africa: Central Congo basin.
Size:	9cm. (3½ins)
Temp:	22-26°C (71 -79°F)
p.H.	6.5 -7.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family:  Mochokidae

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Synodontis nigriventris

Synodontis nigriventris

Synodontis nigriventris

Synodontis nigriventris Stamp

Synodontis nigriventris

Synodontis nigriventris Showing the barbel arangement

Synodontis nigriventris Genital papilla of the male

Synodontis nigriventris Ventral area of the female

Synodontis nigriventris Zebra variety from Kutu in the Dem.Rep.of the Congo.

Synodontis nigriventris Zebra variety from Kutu in the Dem.Rep.of the Congo.

Synodontis nigriventris Zebra variety from Kutu in the Dem.Rep.of the Congo.

Synodontis nigriventris Shoal

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