Mochokidae

Upper Zambezi squeaker

Synodontis woosnami

Twenty Point Five Centimeters Mochokid Fish of African Waters

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Synodontis woosnami, known as the Upper Zambezi squeaker, or bubblebarb squeaker, is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe where it is found in the upper Zambezi and Okavango River basins and the Cunene River. It was first described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1911, from a specimen collected in the Okavango River in the Lake Ngami district of Botswana. The species name woosnami is derived from R. B. Woosnam, the collector of the first specimen.