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Synodontis schoutedeni David, 1936

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Hippocampus Bildarchiv (4) Allan James (2) Billy Grant (3) Adrian Taylor (1) Alex Carslaw (1) Dave Schumacher (1)

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TThere 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 S. 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, pellets and a bit of veggy food now and again. 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. Etymology: The specific name schoutedeni: In honour of Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden (1881–1972), who collected many new species in the Belgian Congo, including this one.

Common Name:

Marbled Synodontis

Synonyms:

Synodontis depauwi

Family:

Mochokidae

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.

IUCN Red List

The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern, but does need updating (IUCN 20i0).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Gosse, J.-P., 1986. Mochokidae. p. 105-152. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.
Moelants, T. 2010. Synodontis schoutedeni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 058. April 2001.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Synodontis schoutedeni

Synodontis schoutedeni

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