Help to ID this Syno please

[xsweeneyx]

Any thoughts on what Syno this may be. Saw it in my local store and couldn't resist. Hope the image comes out ok.

Thanks in advance.

Jason.


[img]file:///home/jason/Desktop/syno.jpg[/img]

[xsweeneyx]

Looks like the photo hasn't listed. Tried to look at the FAQ of how to post photos and says the page doesn't exist. Anyone know how to do it properly?

Thanks.
Jason.

[MatsP]

It looks to me like you are trying to link to a file that is local to your machine, which doesn't work. Either upload it using the "attachment" option below the text box where you write the message, or put it on a photo web-site (photobucket or similar).

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Mats

[xsweeneyx]

Thanks Mats,

Hope this works now.

[Birger]

Looks like

Synodontis ocellifer

[sidguppy]

looks like, yes
is, no

it's one of those hybrid things, sold as njassae; but it's not

FWIW; I just checked the catelog entry of Synodontis ocellifer and unfortunately even there are hybrids in between the genuine ocellifers.

[MatsP]

FWIW; I just checked the catelog entry of Synodontis ocellifer and unfortunately even there are hybrids in between the genuine ocellifers.

Would you mind listing the pictures that are NOT S. ocellifer (in a new thread in "bugs and suggestions" preferrably)?

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Mats

[Viktor Jarikov]

Let's just consider the tail. If I am not mistaken, a genuine ocellifer cannot have large dark spots on the caudal fin, like the one in the above photo has. My S. o. looks like the vast majority of the Cat-eLog pics, e.g., pic 3. The caudal fin is decorated with strings of small spots looking almost like stripes (of varying thickness from species to species?).