Synodontis Zebra Kutu

tarheelguy · Post by **tarheelguy** » 13 Mar 2003, 02:22

if anyone has any info on this fish i would greatly appreciate anything that someone has to offer. i saw this fish at my lfs and was unable to get any info due to the store being extremely busy due to an insane sale. thought the cat was really cool looking. how large does the fish get,water conditions,tankmates,etc.....

Post by **Rusty** » 13 Mar 2003, 02:42

IIRC, it is just a very nice color morph of Synodontis nigriventris. Care, breeding, husbandry, etc. should be similar. How much are they going for?

Rusty

tarheelguy · Post by **tarheelguy** » 13 Mar 2003, 03:09

IIRC they were priced at $14.99. my lfs tends to be on the pricey side so i dont know if this is high/low or about right. thanks for the info.

ggdhazel · Post by **ggdhazel** » 13 Mar 2003, 04:49

I saw another new one like that too. They had somthing marked at the lfs called "gold spot upsidedown cat" and it wasnt an angelicus. It looked more like a lancer cat. It had the same whisker config as other syn. but longer like the alberti's. But they were missing the comblike filaments on the lower whiskers. Are they able to manipulate synos. with crossbreeding now?

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 13 Mar 2003, 10:15

Oh, Yes!
just do a search for Czech breeders or Czech hybrids, and you'll find a truckload of posts on this topic....

Post by **Dinyar** » 13 Mar 2003, 14:52

Zebra Kutu is a variety of S. nigriventris, as Rusty noted. $15 sounds pricey to me.

Your "Gold-Spot Upside Down Cat" is almost certainly Mystus leucophasis. Not a Synodontis.

Dinyar

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 19 Mar 2003, 13:18

They cost about the same here. They keep their pattern as they grow, unlike the usual nigriventris, which tends to fade. They should be kept in a group so it would work out expensive.