Mochokidae

Synodontis filamentosa

Synodontis filamentosus

Long filaments on fin tips

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Synodontis filamentosus, known as the longfin synodontis, is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to the basins of the Nile, Volta and Niger Rivers as well as the Chad Basin. It was first described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1901, from specimens obtained near the mouth of Lake No, on the White Nile in Sudan. The species name filamentosus comes from the elongated rays of the dorsal and caudal fins.