Cuckoo Catfish

Adults become solitary and should be kept singly or in groups of three or more. Rocky african biotope with roots driftwood bogwood and caves. 10 8 inches 27 5 cm in the wild but 6 inches 15 cm is more likely in an aquarium.

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The cuckoo catfish can be kept in groups of 2 6 fish while they are young.

Cuckoo catfish. It is constantly swimming in the lower part of the aquarium. Synodontis multipunctatus also known as the cuckoo catfish cuckoo squeaker or multipunk is a small catfish from lake tanganyika one of the lakes in the great rift valley system in africa. Rock dwelling mouth brooding cichlids from lake malawi and tanganyika.

The cuckoo catfish is one of several species of upside down catfish. This fish is quite sociable so it is advisable to keep them in groups of three or more to avoid the rivalry between two. This species grows to a length of 27 5 centimetres 10 8 in tl.

The cuckoo catfish is a peaceful fish neither too calm nor too active. Average adult fish size. It is a brood parasite upon mouthbrooding cichlids.

Cuckoo catfish cuckoo synodontis. These catfish are medium sized hardy and good looking but can be very aggressive and territorial towards other catfish species.