Synodontis
schoutedeni David, 1936
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| Hippocampus
Bildarchiv
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Allan James (2) Billy Grant (3) Adrian
Taylor
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| Relevant
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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. Aquarium
Care: Good community catfish in a
larger setup but as with all Syno's will need their own space, meaning
their own bit of bogwood, PVC pipe or rockwork to reduce the territorial
behaviour of this genus. Tankmates should be large enough not to
become harassed by this species, such as small tetras.
Diet: Will take most prepared
aquarium foods such as frozen bloodworm, whiteworm, shrimp, prawns,
tablet food, a good quality flake food and pellets. A wide
varied diet will provide a healthy (and fat !) specimen for many
years. This is 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:
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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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