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Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 01:25
by TwoFishGuyz
Hello,
I just got some cats in from Cameroon. I need some help to id them if possible.
Thanks in advance!!
Ryan
http://www.TwoFishGuyz.com
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 01:54
by Birger
Picture one,I want to say
But I am not positive
Picture two, juvenile
what size is this one
Picture three
Birger
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 02:19
by Oliver D.
Hi,
Birger wrote:Picture one,I want to say
But I am not positive
Picture two, juvenile
what size is this one
Picture three
With second and third ID i´ll be conform, but the first... the adipose- and caudale-fin don´t look S. nigrita.
Could be a young S. schall or S. budgetti, perhaps.
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 03:14
by Birger
With second and third ID i´ll be conform, but the first... the adipose- and caudale-fin don´t look S. nigrita.
Could be a young S. schall or S. budgetti, perhaps.
With a second look I agree with the first not being nigrita...my bad...if I had to chose between the two above I would say schall...but I am still not sure
Birger
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 20:42
by Richard B
Agree with the ID of 2 & 3.
I thought possibly caudovittatus for the fisrt one - this was influenced by the dark bars in the lobes of the tail but this is a speculative ID. There are so many "plain" synos that are not frequently imported, (& therefore we are short of photographic evidence), to make a positive ID. I am not certain if other synos also have the dark bars in the lobes of the tail , but am relatively certain that caudovittatus is a very variable species for colouration, although i thought the adipose should be deeper
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 12 Jan 2008, 20:21
by Richard B
No one else? I thought Silurus might chip in with his infinite wisdom or some of the other syno regulars? (one fish #1)
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 04 Mar 2008, 15:00
by syno-kev
The first pic looks like macrops with its yellowish colour and pepper spots.
[Mod edit: chagne "all caps" to mixed case --Mats]
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 15 Mar 2008, 11:34
by piggy4
If the top two fish are Nigrita , they look quite different to each other i.e. shape of adipose fin humeral process !
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 19 Mar 2008, 12:19
by The.Dark.One
Its difficult to say for definite but I would say that the first one could be S. latifrons (thought to be a synonym of S. gambiensis, but possibly not. S. latifrons was described from the Lake Chad basin), and the second could be a very young S. obesus.
Re: Synodontis ID's??
Posted: 29 Mar 2008, 14:37
by yorkshiredavid
Hey Folks
The photographs 2 and 3 could well be Synodontis obesus.
My initial thoughts on the identity of the fish in the first photograph was that it was the golden form of Synodontis nigrita, that is found in a number of colour and spotting variations, known under the trade name of Synodontis 'species' Cameroon. However, upon viewing the 'species' Cameroon in my own aquaria, realised that I was wrong so apologies for misleading anyone who viewed this post prior to edit.
Regards yd
