Synodontis sp. (5)

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 29 Oct 2003, 16:03

Eureka! This fish is identical to my "squiggly angelicus" from an earlier posting. Does anybody out there have one? Mine was supposed to be S. ornatipinnis but clearly isn't. I think it's a Congo species more closely related to S. angelicus than S. schoutedeni.

Post by **Rusty** » 29 Oct 2003, 20:59

We had one, bought as an S. ornatapinnis as well. This seems to be another one of those eastern European hybrids. There is a detailed write up on it in the latest Cat Chat, IIRC.

Rusty

caudalis · Post by **caudalis** » 30 Oct 2003, 13:19

I have a young syno which looks like sp.5 i think from discussion they grow into adults that are like the fish shown in cat e-log as S.ornatipinnis.
The fish I have that looks like the adult sp.5 I think is aterimus.

Post by **Silurus** » 30 Oct 2003, 13:24

Here is S. aterrimus. Does your fish look like it?

caudalis · Post by **caudalis** » 30 Oct 2003, 13:36

It did when I first got her but has now grown into a stockier fish like sp.5

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 31 Oct 2003, 18:56

It could well be my fish, which I think was a Congo import. Is the tail pointed or rounded? Can't tell from the picture. My cat has a pointed tail, unllike S. schoutedeni.

What's the 'aterrimus' in Sands's guide to Asian and African cats? I thought aterrimus was a little true inverting cat like S. nigriventris, with a black underside.

My cat is about 12cm long and has a strongly patterned underside. Nevertheless it often swims inverted.

caudalis · Post by **caudalis** » 05 Nov 2003, 13:59

Mine has a pointed tail, patterned underside and swims inverted quite a lot. Also about 12cm long, published info. i have gives max length of 11.5 cm, so not far off.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 05 Nov 2003, 15:42

Another fish which this can be sold as is <I>S. serpentis</I>.

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 05 Nov 2003, 16:33

Synodontis serpentis did cross my mind as I looked tat the photo in Sand's book. The extremely rugose head kinda threw me off, though.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 05 Nov 2003, 16:35

Silurus wrote:Synodontis serpentis did cross my mind as I looked tat the photo in Sand's book. The extremely rugose head kinda threw me off, though.

Is this something that could develop with age? Also, the pics I ID'ed as <I>S. serpentis</I> on PC are of a just slightly more elongate fish but its one of those that doesn't really show that when crammed up against a rock etc.

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 05 Nov 2003, 16:46

Rugosity in the skull roof could develop with age, although it usually happens only with fairly large species and not one the size of S. serpentis.

Synodontis sp. (5)

Synodontis sp. (5)

Synodontis sp.5

Synodontis sp.5