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Unidentified Synodontis

Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 13:01
by scat35
Hi Guys :D

Went to my LFS today and bought some beautiful Syno`s that came in with a batch of petricola, these were seperated as they were cleary different and the best guess they were sold to me as spotted syno`s :D

Heres some pics i took tonight and would appreciate any help , plus one more small question :D Do you think they would eat snails like the multipunctatus do?


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Thanks for your help :D
Craig

Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 13:07
by Marc van Arc
Looks like a hybrid to me, but I may be mistaken of course.

Do multis eat snails? I've never been aware of that. Imo it's very unlikely any Syno eats snails.

Sorry if this reply sounds negative.

Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 13:26
by scat35
The guy that i deal with is a very reputable businessman and a dedicated hobbyist also, if he even thought that there was a chance of these being a hybrid he wouldnt have sold them full stop.

His guess was that they may have been caught with a batch of upside down Syno`s as there seems to be quite a few Syno`s that havent been fully identified yet as such if experienced hobbysist in my club are correct.

My multipunctatus enjoy small snails put into their tank and happily eat them ( these snails are very small )

Cheers :D
Craig

Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 13:41
by Marc van Arc
Hi Craig,
True, there are still many species undescribed. But even more species are "made" in Eastern-Europe at the moment .
Hopefully you do have a genuine species.

In case you haven't tried it yet: click this link and you'll find all Synos in the Catelog put on one page. Perhaps you'll find one that looks like yours.

Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 13:45
by scat35
Thanks Carpe :D

Ok hopefully something will turn up, anyway we aussies have to pay far too much to get anything from eastern europe brought down here :D So am hoping they were wild caught :D

Cheers :D
Craig