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this is too adorable!!



Jools: ModEdit: Changed to use youtube tags.

That's a very bold (or relaxed) little Lucipinnis (not petricola)!

wow, how do you do that? they look so similar? Amazing.

Some individuals are a bit more difficult to identify but mostly its fairly straightforward.

Having 9 lucipinnis & 2 petricola together in my display tank (along with all my other tanganyikn synos) shows the differences & it becomes second nature. Over time there are little things that become apparent - swimming motion even .

That said Lucipinnis are far more common than petricloa. Lucipinnis are still sold as petricola in the trade & for years were known as petricola "dwarf" before being finally described scientifically in December 06.

I've kept synos for years & you get to see most things - species, variants etc. - then again i can't tell pl*cs or cories apart at all - each to their own

Great video!

Thanks Richard B. They looked like S. lucipinnus to me too. I think that the lucipinnus and pets look very different actually--so far in my limited experience.

Agreed jollysue, most times it is not difficult to tell petricola & lucipinnis apart, but as with lots of fish, there are variations due to location etc & occasionally you might see one that is a bit trickier to say 100% which one it is.

I really have no doubt of that--ids are not a specialty of mine. I am really at a loss very often from pics--notoriously deficient. The ones in the video just look so like my little guys and not at all like my bigger guys. So far the lucipinnus also seem to have a different/more playful personality than my other Synos (multi, pets and unknown--assumed hybrid from the lps.) My lucipinnus play all the time.

lucipinnus... very cool. Are they hard to find? I have never seen them anywhere. They are adorable.

I got mine tank bred--very good quality and healthy--from aquariaman in Hawaii. I ordered them through a bid on AquaBid. I highly recommend aquariaman.

Where are you in CA, andywoolloo?

funny u ask that, I am very close to Fresno. I'll keep that in mind re aquariaman.

Yeah? In the San Juaquin Valley?

aquariaman/Darryl Tsutsui is on the top of my list as a fair and honest supplier of nice fish. Last I knew he was aquariaman@att.net

I sent u a message.

I believe Joe at http://www.californiacichlids.com/ is also working with the dwarf pets.

Tank bred Petricola

????? is some of the post missing or something?

My C. lucipinnus are tank bred by a breeder in Hawaii. Petrocola and lucipinnus are not the same species. I do have wild caught pets.

The synodontis in the vid is a Petricola

Really? I was pretty sure they are "dwarf petrocola" which are actually C. lucipinnus.

Getting conflicting info on differentiating these two species. Got to admit the evidence is pointing towards Licipinnis -

I have both. They are often referred to as dwarf petrocola, but in reality they are a different species. And a darlin' little cat they are.

It took me quite some time and investigation to figure it out. I bought mine advertised as "dwarf petrocola." But eventually found out their correct ID.

I just can't believe how cute they are! If I ever have time for another tank and can find or install extra electrical outlets they will be my next catfish.

oh and Jools, i didn't know about the youtube tabs, I will do that next time, thanks. And JS thank you for the info on the two breeders or importers.

The fish in the vid at the start of this thread is lucipinnis - formerly known in catfish circles as "dwarf petricola", described by science in Dec '06 - it is still commonly sold in the trade as petricola.
Syno petricola is a larger, more scarce & expensive fish.