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Does anyone know what this catfish is. It Is green with black spots. It is about 5in and has blue eyes. Thanks

Looks like a Synodontis of some sort.

A side-view shot would help quite a bit. Or have a look at as suggested by Lornek8 - just be aware that the result may not be entirely conclusive, as there are quite a few of them that are "similar with subtle differences".

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Mats

Are the spots a few & quite large or lots of small ones?

MatsP is spot on (geddit?) a side view would help us no end (sorry for the appalling pun, i was having a 'moment')

I guess .

This is the best side view i could get, and he does have small spots.

Looks more like now.

Without a better pic looks like a common Synodontis eupterus to me. The second shot had eupterus-like markings.
Good luck,
Josh

Whilst I don't doubt Silurus's experience and knowledge, I would put 50p on the S. eupterus simply from a statistical point of view - there are probably 20 of those for every S. greshoffi ever sold.

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Mats

I know how difficult it is to get a decent photo so it looks like we're still providing best guesses - have we considered nigrita & is there any specific reason to discount it? It is such a variable species, that said greshoffi is too & eupterus is certainly a possibility. Greshoffi seems a lot more scarce in the uk than it used to be but don't know about where you are?

Ide say just a eupterus.

mr.gobie, is this your fish?

I've had one of these for several years now, and if I remember correctly there was some debate on whether these are a different species from S.nigrita. I've kept the real S.nigrita in the past, and these "green nigrita" appear decidedly different to me at least.

Here's a couple (very old) pics of my fish..


Fortunately the days of it being beaten-up by my big S.resupinatus ended when they went from the 135g tank to a 300g tub. ;)