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Synodontis irsacae

Fifteen Point Seven Centimeters Mochokid Fish of African Waters

Tropical
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Medium
Tropical fish

Synodontis irsacae is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania, where it is only known from Lake Tanganyika. It was first described by Belgian ichthyologist Hubert Matthes in 1959, from specimens collected from Lake Tanganyika at Kalundu, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species name " irsacae" is derived from the abbreviation "I.R.S.A.C.", or Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Synodontis
Maximum length: 15.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, common and widely distributed in the lake (Ref. 59365 ).

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