MY STRANGE FISH ID ?

[azabkar]

HELLO!

Can anyone ID my new fish?






Thank you!

[Marc van Arc]

It's a

Synodontis eupterus

type of fish. If it's the real deal or a hybrid I daren't tell anymore....

[Richard B]

I agree with Marc although, as the patterning is highly unusual, hybrid does seem more likely.

One thing for cerain though - this individual needs to be fed better, the body is extremely skinny & wasted away. The belly is very hollow - are the other fish out-competing it for food?

[Marc van Arc]

Oeps, old habits die hard. I wrote eupterus.....
Anyway, I agree with Richard on the state of the fish. Very skinny; could do with some food.
I was thinking that it could also be the "galinae" variety; have a look at the stamp (picture 19) shown under

Synodontis euptera

[azabkar]

I got the fish yesterday, from a store, were it was an exhibit.
Today it eats normally and other fish aren't competing it for food.
The fish is 25 cm long.

Thank you for your replay

[Marc van Arc]

Today it eats normally

Okay, then it will probably look better shortly. Welcome to PC btw!

[Birger]

Even for the Synodontis galinae the spots are small...here is a small pdf on this galinae http://www.catfishstudygroup.org/pdf/sy ... alinae.pdf
I would say hybrid but after a few meals should be a good looking fish for a display tank