Syno Petricola

Synodontis petricola known as the cuckoo catfish or the pygmy leopard catfish is a species of upside down catfish endemic to burundi zambia the democratic republic of the congo and tanzania where it is only known from lake tanganyika. It is usually an open spawning egg scatterer but it is also one of the few fish known to exhibit a method of spawning known as brood parasitism. There are a few varieties with small and large spots that abound in different parts of the lake with trade names such as s.

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Petricola sp dwarf and s.

Syno petricola. Unlike the majority of the genus s. Petricola is actually bred quite often in aquaria. The others also being tanganyikan synodontis species.

Synodontis petricola synodontis petricola mathes 1959 his is one of the smallest of the lake tanganyika synodontis and it also one of the prettiest from the lake. It was first described by belgian ichthyologist hubert matthes in 1959. Petricola sp large or giant.

They are often confused with synodontis multipunctatis which comes from the same african lake. Synodontis petricola also known as the even spotted petricola or cuckoo synodontis hail from the northern region of lake tanganyika. However synodontis multipuncatis are also found throughout lake tanganyika and the surrounding rivers.