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Synodontis victoriae Boulenger, 1906

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67. 16-21 mandibular teeth. Maxillary barbels reaching posterior tip of the humeral process, or occasionally beyond. Mandibular barbels with slender branches. Habitat: Inhabits lakes. Most common at depths of more than 20 m, over soft bottoms although it is also know to occur over hard substrates in water over 13m deep. Colouration: Greyish silver, with dark spots of variable size. Caudal fin occasionally spotted. Aquarium Care: Although it is a fairly large Syno it is non aggresive and will do well in the larger aquarium set-up. Diet: Oviparous. Feeds on mollusks and insects. S. victoriae is able to extract the flesh of snails without crushing their shells. As for this genera with the usual aquarium foods taken. Etymology: The specific name victoriae: From Lake Victoria, East Africa.

Common Name:

Lake Victoria squeaker

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Mochokidae

Distribution:

Africa: Lake Victoria basin, Lake Kyoga, Victoria Nile, Malagarasi River. Type locality: Entebbe and Buganga, Lake Victoria [restricted to Buganga by lectotype designation].

Size:

30.0cm. (12ins)

Temp:

23-28°C (73-83°F)

p.H.

6.5-8.0.

IUCN Red List

Synodontis victoriae occurs in the Malagarazi River basin and in the Lake Victoria basin. Despite declines in some areas in the Lake Victoria basin, this squeaker is listed as Least Concern as it has a large extent of occurrence (IUCN 2016).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
FishBase team RMCA & Geelhand, D. 2016. Synodontis victoriae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2009).
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.

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Synodontis victoriae

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