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I went into a Petsmart last week and noticed they are now selling Synodontis longirostris (SM). The (SM) listed after the name I'm taking to mean small. They list the maximum size as 6 inches. The Cat-eLog doesn't list a size but other searches I've done list the maximum size as 20 inches. Is there a dwarf race of S. longirostris or is someone in for a suprise?

Well, they also think that fish like a tin foil barb/bala shark/pacu can be kept in 30 gallon tanks.

Also, just make sure they are not really just young eupterus...

I have no seen Synodontis longirostris in years. Are you sure they are longirostris? They do get quite large and there is no dwarf longirostris that I am aware of.

Mark

From what I've heard, there is just about 0 chance that these are really the S. Longi's. I ran into some syno's listed at my local store that had the same label but they turned out to be hybrids of course...take a pic of them and get them identified before you get them.

I have seen some here as well at about 2-3 inch and labeled as asian bred,not sure if hybrid or not.

Birger

Buyer beware! I was in a lfs yesterday and spotted some obvious S. multipunctatus/? hybrids that were labeled as Synodontis ?. I asked the manager what they were, and he said they were sold to him as petricola, but was definitely aware that they weren't petricola, and were in fact hybrids. He contacted the seller about the mistake and his displeasure. The seller couldn't take them back as he wasn't a local wholesaler, but actually was from ... can you guess? ... Czech Republic!

Hi,
i was surprised to see this post because I just came back from lfs (currently @ hawaii)and they had Synodontis longirostris for sale too. However, they looked nothing like the ones in cat-elog but rather looked like young Synodontis eupterus or some kind of hybrid.

corybreed wrote:I have no seen Synodontis longirostris in years

You can get authentic ones here, at least sporadically. The long snout is what sets them apart. The one I used to have learned to take food from my hand; the only syno I've ever had that would do that.

I didn't buy, and I don't have any pictures. They definitely weren't eupterus. Could be a hybrid. Didn't have the adult coloration of longirostris either. They were only about an inch to an inch and a half long. Does anyone know what the juvenille coloration of longirostris looks like? If I'm nearby the store again I'll try to get a better look.

I was back by the store yesterday and stopped in for another look. From what juvenille pictures I could find of S. longirostris I would have to say that these are in fact the same. I asked the manager about the 6 inch max size on the label. She stated that it was in fact a misprint and that these fish would reach 20 inches.

I was just at my petsmart and saw the same thing, how much were they at your store... $14 here. They got some at 1" and 2-3 @ 2-3".

I came searchin for info as well. I was just as shocked to see 20"+ on some sites. Ill have to get a cam as they dont look like the pics here or on some other sites.

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ok, 1 did look like this

would $14 be a decent price?

I've seen them at a couple of stores, all about an inch and all look similar to the photo. I believe they're going for $14.95 US.

It's too young to tell for sure, but that looks suspiciously like a hybrid.

I saw the same fish at Petsmart. The mouth does not look like this:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/mo ... /547_1.PHP

Looked like an eupterus hybrid to me.

Here's the fish in question. I bought this fish at petsmart around 18 months ago and he's just now about 4.5" long.

shmagu wrote:Here's the fish in question. I bought this fish at petsmart around 18 months ago and he's just now about 4.5" long.

Something like eupterus X oclleifer

Def not longirostris - zenyfish has it there or thereabouts with the hybrid ID

yes nothing like longirostris , looks like the main part of this fish mix is ocellifer !