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Common names: Finetooth squeaker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the Okavango River (Rundu; Mbambi Clinic and Mkena, Kavango), Upper Zambezi River (Kwando River, Caprivi), and Cunene River (below Ruacana Falls).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Skelton, P.H. and P.N. White, 1990
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Common names from other countries

Finetooth squeaker, 细齿歧须鮠, Okavangonripsimonni, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Mochokinae
Etymology: Synodontis: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); vanderwaali: Named after the collector of the holotype, Ben van der Waal, in recognition of his donations of fish collections from northern Namibina rivers to the J.L.B. Smith Institute and the Albany Museum (Ref. 26674).

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Africa: (upper) Zambezi, Okavango and Cunene River (Ref. 26674, 120641).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26674)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6; Vértebra: 38 - 39. Diagnosed by having numerous mandibular teeth (25-41); a large number of tertiary premaxillary teeth in several rows across the width of the tooth pad; and a relatively long barbels, the maxillaries without any papillae on the leading edge. Pigment pattern with variable spots which are often drawn out to form a finely vermiculated network (Ref. 26674)

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 205). Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Skelton, P.H. and P.N. White, 1990. Two new species of Synodontis (Pisces: Siluroidei: Mochokidae) from southern Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 1(3):277-225. (Ref. 26674)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Synodontis vanderwaali Skelton & White, 1990