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Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852

Plain squeaker
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Zimbabwe country information

Common names: Brown squeaker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the Zambezi River below the Victoria Falls, valley part of Lower Zambezi tributaries (Mazowe), Lower Save/Runde below the falls, Limpopo and the lower sections of its tributaries, such as the Mwenezi. Also recorded from Lake Kariba (Ref. 58363). Very common in suitable deep habitats. Also Ref. 3126.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/alcom/broch.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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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 author: Peters.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 13°S - 27°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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