gator gars, according to fishbase.org, do not live any farther south than veracruz, mexico. dovii on the other hand, are no farther north than honduras, so I think its reasonable to say these two species don't cohabitate in the wild. the bullshark is a good thought! good to know there's CA plecos ...

whoa! ill be damned. The fact-sheet for the link you gave me has virtually nothing on it, so i thought otherwise. however, the fish's habitat is in mexico, which is too far north of the dovii's range... and i doubt that fish lives in lakes and rivers.. but nonetheless you answered my question :) do ...

I imagine this fish doesn't get anywhere near big enough to eat a 2 foot dovii either, eh?

recently, a thread was brought up on a different forum regarding speculation about what would predate upon dovii, a large central american cichlid specie that gets 2-3 feet in length. The only large catfishes capable of taking such a fish down that I could think of all reside in SA. Are there any ...

ah crap, this thing is SALTWATER? well cancel that

Yes, thats it! thanks! obviously the lfs mislabeled it

Petsmart is selling these silver-colored synodontis specimens as "silver sharks", and I wanted to know what their full name is, and how big they grow...

no i dont have any pics though