Synodontis ornatipinnis

Synodontis ornatipinnis

Forty Centimeters Mochokid Fish of the Congo Basin

Tropical
Coastal
Upper river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Medium
Tropical fish

Synodontis ornatipinnis, known as the barfin synodontis, is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to the Congo Basin of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. It was first described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1899, from specimens collected in Mbandaka, on the Congo River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species name ornatipinnis means "ornate fins".

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Synodontis
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Africa: Congo River basin from the rapids just below Pool Malebo (= Stanley Pool) (Ref. 82238 ) up to the Luongo River (Luapula tributary, upper Congo River basin) (Ref. 27609 ). Report from the upper reaches of the Tchad basin (Ref. 367 ) or the Cuanza (Angolan Atlantic coastal) (Ref. 120641 ) unconfirmed and questionable (Ref. 3202 , 78218 , 82238 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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