Mochokidae

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".