Picked up some synos today - ID'd as pollis

[bekateen]

Hi All,

On behalf of a friend, I picked up six Synodontis this evening. They were imported as

Synodontis polli

. These are still pretty small, the largest about 2" TL.

I'm just baby-sitting/foster parenting them for now. I'll pass them along to their rightful owner (my friend) when we meet this summer.

Any thoughts on the fish?

Cheers, Eric

Direct YouTube link: Synodontis catfish in QT - Imported ID'd as Synodontis polli

[syno321]

Look like hybrids to me

[Richard B]

These are the Zambian or white polli

[bekateen]

White pollis would be nice. Hybrids not so much. Let's hope for the former.

Cheers, Eric

[Birger]

As I am the "friend" I thought polli whites from the start but could just be juvi polli pattern fooling me. We will see soon enough how they develop.

Birger

[bekateen]

As I am the "friend"

I don't tell. But now the cat is out of the bag.

FYI, they are eating quite nicely - they even seem to eat the Nutrafin freeze-dried "red grubs," although those float for the most part and don't sink well.

Cheers, Eric