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Synodontis pleurops  Boulenger, 1897
 Image contributors to this species:
 © Aqualog Verlag (3) Robert W. Brown (5)
 ScotCat Sources:
 Etymology = Genus  
 Other Sources:
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 Common Name:  Bug-Eyed Synodontis
 Synonyms:  None
 Family:  Mochokidae blycipitidae
 Distribution:  Africa: Congo basin except Luapula system and Lower 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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