Freshwater
Synodontis multipunctatus
Mochokidae, Mochokinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 27.5 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 499 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Inhabits the muddy bottoms down to at least 100 m in lake. Feeds on the snail, Neothauma. Zoobenthos feeder. Oviparous. Only fish known to practice brood parasitism: it manages to mix it eggs with those of mouthbrooding cichlids. Its larvae grow faster than those of the host and feed on them.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Synodontis multipunctata
In other languages
- Gökmal
- Mangeplettet gøgemalle
- Käkimonni
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