Synodontis Polli

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Synodontis Polli

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I bought these as wild synodontis polli

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Re: Synodontis Polli

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Looks like it has the head of a polli. they look about 7-8cm, whats the size?
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Re: Synodontis Polli

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Ye they are about 8 cm
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Re: Synodontis Polli

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To me it seems that this is not S polli, but more lucipinnis/petricola related
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Re: Synodontis Polli

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Are these the photos from Facebook?
They are definitely NOT Polli as it doesn't have a hard white spine on the dorsal/pectorals.

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Yes I posted these on a Facebook group too
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Anyone else have any idea
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According to the cat-elog adult polli has a red iris. It doesn't look from the pics that your fish does. Does it have a red iris?
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Re: Synodontis Polli

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As I posted above, this fish has a white leading edge/hard spine to the dorsal & pectorals - only Lucipinnis & Petricola (&hybrids) exhibit this.

These are Petricola
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Re: Synodontis Polli

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I agree with richard on this one for sure!!

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