Synodontis petricola | 水產百科網

Synodontispetricola,knownasthecuckoocatfish,orthepygmyleopardcatfish,isaspeciesofupside-downcatfishendemictoBurundi,Zambia,theDemocratic​ ...

Species of fish

Synodontis petricola, known as the cuckoo catfish,[2] or the pygmy leopard catfish,[3] 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.[2][4] It was first described by Belgian ichthyologist Hubert Matthes in 1959.[4] The species name "petricola" is derived from a combination of the Latin petra, meaning stone or rock, and the Latin cola, meaning inhabitant. This refers to the rocky environment where this species is found.[3]

Like all members of the genus Synodontis, S. petricola has a strong, bony head capsule that extends back as far as the first spine of the dorsal fin.[5] The head is about