petro or luci....again

[Kleovoulos]

Hello
can you indetify my cat? I am a little confused.








Thank you in advance and greetings from Greece

[Richard B]

These look like Lucipinnis

[Annabellam]

Hi. You are right, it's a little bit confusing. Not sure but looks like a lucci.

[N0body Of The Goat]

I would say lucipinnis for at least two of the photographed fish, but there are three in photos 1 and 2, due to smaller black spots on the head that are much more densely packed than on the body.

There are far better qualified members than me to identify Synos, the above is my opinion, I've only been keeping Mochokidae catfish for just under seven years (various Synodontis spp. and at least two Euchilichthys spp. in my my quartet).

[Kleovoulos]

I thought that is petricola because they have many smaller dots on the head.
The lucipinnis I've seen in photos have fewer and much larger dots on the head.
The Petshop where I bought called them Syn.(petricola)lucipinna g.br.
I'm still confused.
Any other opinion??

[Birger]

I would say absolutely lucipinnis.

[Richard B]

How big are these exactly (SL)?
They are not what i'd call typical of either species - image 2 in cat-e-log for petricola shows the broad head & many fine body spots - this is not as obvious when the fish is smaller. Some Lucipinnis have smaller dots on the head & the definitive way to differentiate is by looking for the axial pore which is not at all easy to see. @Birger may be able to give his opinion.
In my experience Petricola are pretty uncommon (bordering on rare) & Lucipinnis fairly common. In the UK I've seen Lucipinnis from £4 to £35 depending on size & whether it's a premium charging LFS. Petricola from £15 to £80 with the same criteria. If a label says Syno (Petricola) Lucipinnis it suggests it is Lucipinnis as this used to be called Petricola dwarf before being described to science in 2006

[Richard B]

Ah, 2 posts at the same time

[Kleovoulos]

They are about 8-9cm (3.3in)
I haven't try to see if there an axillary pore.

Thanks for the answers.
Maybe I must trust Birger's and Richard's opinion........

[Birger]

Maybe I must trust Birger's and Richard's opinion......

Not a bad thing to do, Richard and I check with each other when we are doing identifications on synos.

Birger

[Kleovoulos]

I'l do it!
Thank you both