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Synodontis pleurops  Boulenger, 1897
Image contributors to this species:
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (3) Robert W. Brown (5)
ScotCat Sources:
Etymology = Genus  
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Relevant Information: Noted for its large eyes. Colour: Brown mottling to body and brown edgings stripes to the caudal fin lobes. Very pretty species when juvenile but takes on more of a drab appearance when into adulthood.
Common Name: Bug-Eyed Synodontis
Synonyms: None
Family: Mochokidae blycipitidae
Distribution: Africa: Congo basin except Luapula system and Lower Congo. Type locality: Stanley Falls, upper Congo.
Size: 23cm. (9ins)
Temp: 22-26°C (71 -79°F)
p.H. 6.0 -7.0.



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Family:  Mochokidae

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Housed in a Rift Valley set up with Tropheus moorii "Nkonde"

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Showing the "Bug Eye"

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With Tropheus moorii "Nkonde"

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