Congo squeaker
Synodontis pleurops
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Synodontis pleurops, known as the Congo squeaker, the bigeye squeaker, or the bug eyed synodontis, is a species of upside-down catfish native to the upper Congo Basin of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. It was first described by the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1899, based upon a holotype discovered at the Boyoma Falls, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Synodontis