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Synodontis schoutedeni  David, 1936
Image contributors to this species:
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (4) Allan James (2) Billy Grant (3) Adrian Taylor (1)
ScotCat Sources:
Factsheet Etymology = Genus Etymology = species
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Relevant Information: There seems to be quite a few variations on the body pattern and colour of this species and one fish that it seems to get confused with, in colour pattern anyway, is S.aterrimus which is roughly half the size of schoutedeni. A very gregarious species that will eat anything and get extremely fat. Very difficult to cut down its diet, especially in a community tank.
Common Name: Marbled Synodontis
Synonyms: Synodontis depauwi
Family: Mochokidae blycipitidae
Distribution: Africa: Central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Type locality: Kungungu; Koteli; Basongo; Mongende; Budjala;
Bumba; Flandria [restricted to Kungungu by lectotype designation].
Size: 16.5cm. (6¾ins)
Temp: 22-26°C (71-79°F)
p.H. 6.5 -7.2.
Reference: Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
ScotCat Factsheet no 58. April 2001.



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Family:  Mochokidae

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