Blackspotted squeaker

Synodontis nigromaculatus

Mochokid Fish of the Zambezi Basin

Black
Tropical
Upper river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Synodontis nigromaculatus, known as the spotted squeaker, the blackspotted squeaker, or the speckled squeaker, is a species of upside-down catfish that is found widely in southern Africa. It has been identified in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It was first described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1905, from specimens collected in Lake Bangweulu in Zambia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Synodontis
Maximum length: 38.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: in the Congo River basin in the Kasai system, upper Lualaba, Luapula drainage and lakes Mweru and Bangwelo in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia (Ref. 75786 , 82238 ). Also in the upper Zambezi and Okavango (Ref. 7248 , 11970 , 52193 , 75786 ), Cunene, Limpopo (Ref. 3202 , 11970 , 75786 , 82238 ) and Lake Chiuta (Ref. 75786 ). Absent from the Lake Tanganyika drainage (Ref. 78218 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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