What the heck is this guy????

biggs · Post by **biggs** » 08 Apr 2007, 18:13

Hi all. Can anyone tell me what this guy is??? I'm thinking it might be African but I've never seen anything quite like him.....

Thanks in Advance!!!

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 08 Apr 2007, 18:25

Deformed Synodontis eupterus?

biggs · Post by **biggs** » 08 Apr 2007, 18:29

I was thinking Syno but the head shape and compact body throws me a bit.

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 08 Apr 2007, 19:16

Oh, it's definitely a deformed Syno; I'm just not completely sure which species.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 08 Apr 2007, 21:10

Mike, you're totally right: it's eupterus and very deformed

biggs · Post by **biggs** » 08 Apr 2007, 21:26

hmmmm....Wonder what caused the deformities? I got it as a freebee yesterday from a gent in our local club. He rescued it from someone so I don't know it's history. It's healthy regardless of it's odd shape so I'll keep it around. I have 30 some tanks so there will always be room for it. My kids find him cool regardless.

biggs · Post by **biggs** » 08 Apr 2007, 21:37

I did manage to get a better pic. Maybe this would help with the spcies ID...

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 08 Apr 2007, 22:39

biggs wrote:My kids find him cool regardless.

That's the spirit! There's no problem as long as everybody's happy.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 08 Apr 2007, 22:41

biggs wrote: Maybe this would help with the spcies ID

It's still eupterus

biggs · Post by **biggs** » 08 Apr 2007, 22:46

Thanks!

vigs · Post by **vigs** » 09 Apr 2007, 03:08

It is S. eupterus. Some time ago Kochetov named this form Synodontis galinae, but it's a deformed S. eupterus. This kind of thing can happen when you breed hybrids...

Prboy · Post by **Prboy** » 09 Apr 2007, 09:14

vigs wrote:It is S. eupterus. Some time ago Kochetov named this form Synodontis galinae, but it's a deformed S. eupterus. This kind of thing can happen when you breed hybrids...

After Ferraris the real name is S. euptera! In his checklist S. galinae belongs to "Species inquirendae".

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 09 Apr 2007, 09:29

Prboy wrote: After Ferraris the real name is S. euptera! In his checklist S. galinae belongs to "Species inquirendae".

Yes, there seems to some dispute about the nomenclature. Not for the first time and certainly not for the last time

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With regard to S. galinae: check the stamp of that "species". It sits under