orange and black catfish

B-2 · Post by **B-2** » 28 Dec 2005, 14:38

Yesterday when I was at Petsmart I saw some interesting looking catfish hiding under a rock. They were a light orange with a few black bands across their body. Their face, however, was spotted with small black speckles. Their face seemed to be a lighter peach color. When I asked what they were, the employee pointed to a picture of a orange syno with black spots on it's body and stripes on it's face. I was confused but the lady insisted they were the same species.

Is this possible, and if it is, what species could this fish be?

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 28 Dec 2005, 14:55

Somekind of Peckoltia?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/G_18.PHP

B-2 · Post by **B-2** » 28 Dec 2005, 15:09

I am pretty sure they were synos because they didn't have a sucker mouth.

Post by **Silurus** » 28 Dec 2005, 15:17

?
The body isn't banded, but spotted, but it could be you were looking at a young fish.

B-2 · Post by **B-2** » 28 Dec 2005, 15:26

The fish in the tank were about 5 inches long. I only quickly glanced at the name tag with the picture and I have a feeling it said Synodontis decorus. Still, the picture was so different from the fish that I am very skeptical that the two are related in any way. Also the body shape of the fish in the picture was different from the fish in the tank.

snowball · Post by **snowball** » 29 Dec 2005, 00:48

Here's another photo of a young S. decorus that I saw on the page Mika linked in the albino raphael thread.

This appears to match your description of black speckles on a light peach coloured face.

B-2 · Post by **B-2** » 29 Dec 2005, 03:24

That looks exactly like the fish I saw.

However, the picture at the store didn't look like a decorus, young or adult. It could be they had the wrong picture with the name.

orange and black catfish

orange and black catfish

Syno

Yes!