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Mochokidae

Mochokidae
Commonly known as "Synodontis cats" or "upside-down cats" these African catfish are recognised by the local population as "squeakers" owing to the noise they make when lifted out of the water.

There are over 150 species in this family and they are noted for their feathered barbels and unique shape which separates them from all other catfish. They make very hardy inmates of an aquarium and the vast majority are peaceful apart from territorial skirmishes. Adipose fin usually very large; anal fin with fewer than 10 rays; dorsal and pectoral fin spines usually strong and with a locking mechanism; three pairs of barbels, nasal barbels absent and mandibular barbels may have numerous branches; some with lips and part of barbels modified into an oral sucker (Atopochilus, Chiloglanis, and Euchilichthys).

 

COMMON NAMES
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A
Alberts Synodontis
Angel Catfish  
Apple syno  
 
B
Blackspotted squeaker
Blackspotted squeaker
Black-Spotted Synodontis
Black Synodontis
Brichards Synodontis
Brown-spotted Syno
Budgetts Synodontis
Bugeye squeaker
Bug-Eyed Synodontis
 
C
Cameroon Synodontis
Chiloglanis sp. “dwarf”
Cloudy squeaker
Clown Catfish
Coas synodontis
Congo Synodontis
Cuckoo Synodontis
 
D
Dwarf Lake Syno  
Dwarf Nile catfish
Dwarf Synodontis
 
E
Eastcoast squeaker
Eye-spot Synodontis 
 
F
False upside-down catfish
Feather-Fin Catfish
Filamentous Synodontis
Finetooth squeaker
Fischer's Catfish 
 
G
Geledi squeaker
Giant upside-down catfish
Granular Synodontis
Greshoff's Catfish
Guenther's African Suckermouth
 
I
Incomati suckermouth
Ivory Synodontis  
 
L
Lake Rukwa squeaker
Lake Victoria squeaker
Large-eyed synodontis
Largemouth squeaker
Largespot squeaker
Long-Nosed Synodontis
Lowveld suckermouth
 
M
Malawi squeaker
Marbled Synodontis
Mustard Catfish
Moustache Catfish
 
N
Neumann's suckermouth
Nyanyandu
 
O
Okavango Suckermouth
One-spot Synodontis
Ornate Synodontis
 
P
Pangani suckermouth
Payne's Catfish
Pennant-tailed suckermouth
Phongolo Suckermouth
Plain squeaker
Polka-Dot Catfish  
Poll's Syno  
Pretty Woman Dwarf Synodontis
Pretty Woman Pygmy Synodontis
Pretty Woman Pygmy Synodontis
Pygmy Catfish
Pygmy Synodontis
Pygmy Synodontis
Pyjama Catfish
 
R
Red-Tail Synodontis
Roberts Catfish
Rwanda ruandae
 
S
Sawfin suckermouth
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S. multipunctatus "hybrid"
Schall's Synodontis
Scissortail Synodontis
Short barbelled suckermouth
Shortspine Rock Catlet
Sudan squeaker
Synodontis "albocaudalis"
Synodontis sp. "Tiger"
 
T
Tana squeaker
Tessmann's Squeaker  
Three-lobed suckermouth  
Two-spot Synodontis
 
U
Upside-down catfish
 
V
Valentine Syno  
 
W
Waterlot's Synodontis
Whiptail Synodontis
White-finned Synodontis
 
Z
Zebrinus Syno  
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