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Kahmina
Posts: 3 Joined: 19 Feb 2016, 11:41Location 1: MelbourneLocation 2: Australia
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by Kahmina 19 Feb 2016, 11:58
Hello,
I am trying to get some information on my beautiful Synodontis. They were sold to me by my local LFS as a Synodontis Primera. I have been trying to find information on the Primera on the internet but i'm not having any luck. Is a primera an actual type of synodontis? or have i brought something else? I'm also after some general info on them such as what size do they grow to and how do you tell sex etc. Any help is appreciated. Thanks guys. Pics attached.
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catfishchaos
Posts: 498 Joined: 25 Mar 2014, 22:29My cats species list: 35 (i:25, k:0)My Wishlist : 1Spotted : 14Location 1: HalifaxLocation 2: Nova scotia, CanadaInterests: Spearfishing, freediving, flyfishing, flytying, bowfishing, long boarding, archery, photography, reptiles, arachnids, catfish, cacti and succulents, exploration/travel, conservation and always acquiring more
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by catfishchaos 19 Feb 2016, 12:21
perhaps?
Thats the firt species that comes t my mind anyway but I could be very very wrong
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
Richard B
Posts: 6952 Joined: 11 Aug 2006, 13:19I've donated : $20.00!My articles : 9My images : 11My cats species list: 37 (i:0, k:0)My aquaria list: 4 (i:0)My BLogs : 2 (i:0, p:47)Spotted : 10Location 1: on the sofa, or maybe at work?Location 2: Warwickshire: UKInterests: Tanganyika Catfish, African catfish, Non-loricariid sucker-catfish.
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by Richard B 19 Feb 2016, 13:19
I've not heard that (trade) name before but these are Hybrids. Primera isn't a species
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apo1980
Posts: 7 Joined: 09 Feb 2016, 19:15My cats species list: 12 (i:2, k:0)My aquaria list: 1 (i:0)Location 1: AustriaLocation 2: Vienna
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by apo1980 19 Feb 2016, 15:57
i would say hybrid , have 2 who look like them a bit of s.nigrita a bit of s.eupterus
catfishchaos
Posts: 498 Joined: 25 Mar 2014, 22:29My cats species list: 35 (i:25, k:0)My Wishlist : 1Spotted : 14Location 1: HalifaxLocation 2: Nova scotia, CanadaInterests: Spearfishing, freediving, flyfishing, flytying, bowfishing, long boarding, archery, photography, reptiles, arachnids, catfish, cacti and succulents, exploration/travel, conservation and always acquiring more
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by catfishchaos 20 Feb 2016, 00:03
Dave Rinaldo wrote: Not S. waterloti. It's a hybrid.
I said I could be very very wrong
This was the one time I was to lazy to look at all the syno hybrids I guess I have to check every time
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
Kahmina
Posts: 3 Joined: 19 Feb 2016, 11:41Location 1: MelbourneLocation 2: Australia
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by Kahmina 20 Feb 2016, 00:11
Thanks guys, the third picture in the Waterloti kind of looks the most similar. The hybrid #1 has stripes on the tail where as mine has dots, also the bottom tail fin shows a dark black line which mine do not have.
Viktor Jarikov
Posts: 5483 Joined: 26 Jan 2010, 20:11My images : 11My cats species list: 25 (i:0, k:0)Spotted : 4Location 1: Naples, FLLocation 2: USA
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by Viktor Jarikov 20 Feb 2016, 20:09
Kahmina wrote: ... The hybrid #1 has stripes on the tail where as mine has dots, also the bottom tail fin shows a dark black line which mine do not have...
Have you looked at all the hybrid 1 pictures? It's appearance is variable and moreover it changes with age, e.g., see this
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hilit=syno
There is no mistaking in my untrained eye it is hybrid 1.
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Tanganyikafreak
Posts: 160 Joined: 21 Dec 2009, 20:38My cats species list: 29 (i:4, k:1)My aquaria list: 1 (i:0)Spotted : 26Location 1: Breda, The NetherlandsLocation 2: Breda, The NetherlandsInterests: Mainly African Catfish, but I have a soft spot for Woodcats as well
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by Tanganyikafreak 21 Feb 2016, 13:53
Yup, hybrid
Kahmina
Posts: 3 Joined: 19 Feb 2016, 11:41Location 1: MelbourneLocation 2: Australia
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by Kahmina 22 Feb 2016, 00:09
Ahhh i see what you all mean - thanks guys much appreciated! Hybrid 1 it is
I don't mind that they are Hybrids - i still <3 them!
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I don't mind that they are Hybrids - i still <3 them!