Fischer's Victoria squeaker
Synodontis afrofischeri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Synodontis afrofischeri, known as Fischer's Victoria squeaker, the marbled Victoria squeaker, Fischer's catfish, or the Victoria synodontis, is a species of upside-down catfish native to Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It was first described by German zoologist Franz Martin Hilgendorf in 1888, based upon a holotype discovered in Lake Victoria. The specific name "afrofischeri" is in honor of the German researcher Dr. Gustav Fischer, a German explorer of Africa.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Synodontis