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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced | Moe COKI Day |
| Family Common Name | Upside Down Catfish |
| Features | Feathered barbels (some rare imports have a suckermouth) and naked flanks. |
| Common Names | Upside Down Catfish, Syno, Squeaker, Lace Catfish, Suckermouth Catlet |
| Size | Smallest 50mm, largest 300mm, average 129mm, most commonly 79mm. All SL. |
| Subfamilies | There are 2 subfamilies in the database |
| Species | There are 12 "species" in 4 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 12 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 12 "species" (100%) are being bred. |
| Distribution | Africa Login to view the map. |
| Subfamilies in Mochokidae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Mochokinae | 331 species | (2758%) |
| 2. | Chiloglanidinae | 70 species | (583%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Synodontis | 159 species | (668 keepers) |
| 2. | Microsynodontis | 13 species | (31 keepers) |
| 3. | Chiloglanis | 70 species | (3 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (29.66%) | |
| 2. | (16.08%) | |
| 3. | (15.59%) | |
| 4. | (14.47%) | |
| 5. | (13.5%) | |
| 6. | (3.05%) | |
| 7. | (2.49%) | |
| 8. | (1.69%) | |
| 9. | (1.69%) | |
| 10. | (1.21%) | |
| 11. | (0.32%) | |
| 12. | (0.24%) | |
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/eupterus/1.jpg "Synodontis eupterus")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/nigriventris/1.jpg "Synodontis nigriventris")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/multipunctatus/1.jpg "Synodontis multipunctatus")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/petricola/1.jpg "Synodontis petricola")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/lucipinnis/1.jpg "Synodontis lucipinnis")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/polli/1.jpg "Synodontis polli")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/microsynodontis/sp%281%29/1.jpg "Microsynodontis sp. (1)")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/grandiops/1.jpg "Synodontis grandiops")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/contractus/1.jpg "Synodontis contractus")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/sp%60polli_white%60/1.jpg "Synodontis sp. `POLLI WHITE`")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/synodontis/cf_polli%281%29/1.jpg "Synodontis cf. polli(1)")
/siluriformes/mochokidae/chiloglanis/neumanni/1.jpg "Chiloglanis neumanni")
| Most Bred Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Kept) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:24, k:168, b:6) | |
| 2. | (i:24, k:194, b:5) | |
| 3. | (i:20, k:180, b:5) | |
| 4. | (i:2, k:3, b:1) | |
| 5. | (i:16, k:31, b:1) | |
| 6. | (i:7, k:4, b:1) | |
| 7. | (i:9, k:21, b:1) | |
| 8. | (i:22, k:369, b:1) | |
| 9. | (i:10, k:21, b:1) | |
| 10. | (i:26, k:200, b:1) | |
| 11. | (i:22, k:38, b:1) | |
| 12. | (i:13, k:15, b:1) | |