Nigeria country information

Common names: Egungigi, Fono, Ikpoki
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Widely distributed (Ref. 31256). Known from the Ogun (Ref. 13331, 57223), Sokoto, middle Niger (Ref. 57223), Lake Kainji (Ref. 13868, 28265, 57223), lower Niger, Benue, Niger delta, Kwa Ibo, Komadugu Yobe (Chad basin)(Ref. 57223) and Cross (Ref. 81251). Exploited commercially in Lake Kainji (Ref. 28265). Also Ref. 3202, 3799.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paugy, D. and T.R. Roberts, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Nile squeaker, Catfish, Schalls Fiederbartwels, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Mochokinae
Etymology: Synodontis: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 30; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology