Is this Synodontis lucipinnis or S. petricola or hybrid?

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Veikko
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Is this Synodontis lucipinnis or S. petricola or hybrid?

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These two fellows were sold as Synodontis petricola. Frankly, I think these are Synodontis lucipinnis? TL is 8 cm. Opinions?


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Re: Is this Synodontis lucipinnis or S. petricola or hybrid?

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They look like Lucipinnis to me - 99% of shops are still selling lucipinnis as petricola which they were previously believed to be & the scientific description of lucipinnis from December '06 just doesn't seem to have filtered though yet :(
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