Synodontis ID's??

TwoFishGuyz · Post by **TwoFishGuyz** » 06 Jan 2008, 01:25

Hello,

I just got some cats in from Cameroon. I need some help to id them if possible.

Thanks in advance!!

Ryan
http://www.TwoFishGuyz.com

Post by **Birger** » 06 Jan 2008, 01:54

Picture one,I want to say But I am not positive

Picture two, juvenile what size is this one

Picture three

Birger

Oliver D. · Post by **Oliver D.** » 06 Jan 2008, 02:19

Hi,

Birger wrote:Picture one,I want to say
Synodontis nigrita
But I am not positive

Picture two, juvenile
Synodontis nigrita
what size is this one

Picture three
Synodontis ocellifer

With second and third ID i´ll be conform, but the first... the adipose- and caudale-fin don´t look S. nigrita.

Could be a young S. schall or S. budgetti, perhaps.

Post by **Birger** » 06 Jan 2008, 03:14

With second and third ID i´ll be conform, but the first... the adipose- and caudale-fin don´t look S. nigrita.

Could be a young S. schall or S. budgetti, perhaps.

With a second look I agree with the first not being nigrita...my bad...if I had to chose between the two above I would say schall...but I am still not sure

Birger

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 06 Jan 2008, 20:42

Agree with the ID of 2 & 3.

I thought possibly caudovittatus for the fisrt one - this was influenced by the dark bars in the lobes of the tail but this is a speculative ID. There are so many "plain" synos that are not frequently imported, (& therefore we are short of photographic evidence), to make a positive ID. I am not certain if other synos also have the dark bars in the lobes of the tail , but am relatively certain that caudovittatus is a very variable species for colouration, although i thought the adipose should be deeper

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 12 Jan 2008, 20:21

No one else? I thought Silurus might chip in with his infinite wisdom or some of the other syno regulars? (one fish #1)

syno-kev · Post by **syno-kev** » 04 Mar 2008, 15:00

The first pic looks like macrops with its yellowish colour and pepper spots.

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piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » 15 Mar 2008, 11:34

If the top two fish are Nigrita , they look quite different to each other i.e. shape of adipose fin humeral process !

The.Dark.One · Post by **The.Dark.One** » 19 Mar 2008, 12:19

Its difficult to say for definite but I would say that the first one could be S. latifrons (thought to be a synonym of S. gambiensis, but possibly not. S. latifrons was described from the Lake Chad basin), and the second could be a very young S. obesus.

yorkshiredavid · Post by **yorkshiredavid** » 29 Mar 2008, 14:37

Hey Folks

The photographs 2 and 3 could well be Synodontis obesus.

My initial thoughts on the identity of the fish in the first photograph was that it was the golden form of Synodontis nigrita, that is found in a number of colour and spotting variations, known under the trade name of Synodontis 'species' Cameroon. However, upon viewing the 'species' Cameroon in my own aquaria, realised that I was wrong so apologies for misleading anyone who viewed this post prior to edit.

Regards yd

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