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From: Mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of East African squeaker catfishes (Siluriformes: Synodontis)

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The squeaker catfishes ( Synodontis ) in East Africa. (a) Map of southern and eastern Africa showingthe Great Lakes in East Africa and the main river systems in thearea. (b) The upside-down catfish (S. nigriventris) is characterized by its inverse swimming posture. Photo courtesy of E. Schraml. (c) The cuckoo catfish(S. multipunctatus) from Lake Tanganyika is a brood parasiteof mouthbrooding haplochromine cichlids. Here, the mouth-content ofa breeding female of Simochromis diagramma is shown: Wefound five larvae of S. diagramma plus one larger cuckoocatfish larvae (Photo: W. Salzburger).

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