The Malawi squeaker (''Synodontis njassae'') is a species of
upside-down catfish
The name upside-down catfish is most commonly used by aquarists to refer to the mochokid catfish '' Synodontis nigriventris'' alternately known to ichthyologists as the blotched upside-down catfish or false upside-down catfish. However, a numbe ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is the fifth largest fr ...
. This species grows to a length of
TL. This species is a minor component of local
commercial fisheries
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice it as an industry must often p ...
and can also be found in the
aquarium trade.
See also
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List of freshwater aquarium fish species
References
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External links
Synodontis
Freshwater fish of Africa
Fish of Malawi
Fish of Mozambique
Fish of Tanzania
Fish described in 1908
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish of Lake Malawi
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