synodontis?

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synodontis?

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hi! can you please help me id this synodontis? i'm not quite sure what it is.

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This is a hybrid synodontis

possibly this crossed with something else
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Re: synodontis?

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maybe the pix software is acting up; I see 2 fishes but no heads.....

as far as I can see without the head; this is the brichardi x decorus or brichardi x ornatipinnis hybrid.

a nice looking fish, but unfortunately the replacement for the real thing in most of the LFS, because they're a fraction of the price, but they're sold as the real stuff with the price tag of the original species

in short: rip-off scenario's by LFS and wholesale alike.
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A hybrid that is becoming increasingly available - this is the one being passed off as ornatipinnis & is being called zebra syno or some variation of this
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sidguppy wrote:maybe the pix software is acting up; I see 2 fishes but no heads.....
This is some problem with ImageShack. I stopped using it because of this.
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sorry about the pictures. i was hoping this would be a true ornatipinnis. the head pattern is very similar and the stripes on the tail is the same as well.
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by the way, try cliccking on quote then click expand on the topic index. you can view the fish better there. you can see the head. :D
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