cuckoo catfish

English

Noun

cuckoo catfish (plural cuckoo catfishes or cuckoo catfish)

1. Synodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.
2. Any of a few other species of Synodontis, such as S. petricola, that are also brood parasites.

Synonyms

• multipunk

Hypernyms

• upside-down catfish
• syno