Had this guy a while and still no clue!
Had this guy a while and still no clue!
Had this cat for around 2 years. Sold to me as a leopard catfish but since then i've had around 10 different lfs give me varying answers!
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catfishchaos
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Re: Had this guy a while and still no clue!
Well its in the mochokidae family 
is my best guess but I know squat about african catfish.
Someone more helpful will hopefully come along!
is my best guess but I know squat about african catfish.
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Someone more helpful will hopefully come along!
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
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Birger
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Re: Had this guy a while and still no clue!
to clarify...there is no doubt this is a hybrid Synodontis.
Have a read here on the genus and some of its hybrids you should find your fish somewhere in here too
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... rid+thread
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Have a read here on the genus and some of its hybrids you should find your fish somewhere in here too
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... rid+thread
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Re: Had this guy a while and still no clue!
Yep, hybrid syno - very elegant looking fish!