Wahrindi

Synodontis schall

Mochokid Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters

Wahrindi is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Synodontis
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: found practically in all basins of West Africa, except for the coastal basins of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Ref. 57223 ), but including Senegal, Gambia, Volta, Niger and Chad basins (Ref. 3202 ), and Cross River in Nigeria (Ref. 81251 ). Also Nile basin downstream of Murchison Falls, including Lake Albert (Ref. 28714 , 78218 ); Lake Turkana (Ref. 52331 , 78218 ); and Ethiopian lakes Abaya and Chew Bahir [= Stephanie] (Ref. 78218 ). Also reported from Uebi Guiba (Uebi Shebeli) (Ref. 3202 ). Reports from Athi and Tana rivers are misidentifications probably refering to Synodontis zanzibaricus (Ref. 52331 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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