Mochokidae

Synodontis frontosa

Synodontis frontosus

Mochokid Fish beneath the Nile Basin

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

Synodontis frontosus, known as the Sudan squeaker, is a species of upside-down catfish that is widely distributed throughout northern and central Africa. It has been reported in Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. It was first described by French zoologist Léon Vaillant in 1895, from specimens collected in the White Nile in Sudan.