This Wild Syno found in a river that flows into L.Tanganyika

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 18 Dec 2010, 18:34

Hello new here,

Wondering which syno this may actually be.

This photo was taken in one of the rivers that flows into Lake Tanganyika.

Thanks

Post by **Birger** » 18 Dec 2010, 18:52

Possibly

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 18 Dec 2010, 20:53

wow, very nice.

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 05:45

Frontal view of this fellow

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 05:48

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 05:51

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 05:53

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 05:55

This is the river i saw this Syno in - couldn't bring him home - nothing to carry him in unfortunately

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 19 Dec 2010, 06:00

And where the river mouth meets the Lake. This place is Syno heaven !

RickE · Post by **RickE** » 19 Dec 2010, 10:43

Nice fish and love the habitat pics. I always think it's fascinating to see where the fish actually come from. Keep 'em coming!

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 19 Dec 2010, 15:50

Have moved this post to the Traveller's forum as while it was in a perfectly good place, it seems to me to be more suited here. FWIW, I agree with Birger's ID.

Cheers,

Jools

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 19 Dec 2010, 15:59

And we should have photo of the fish and it's habitat in the Cat-eLog.

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Mats

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 19 Dec 2010, 20:51

incredible pics!!! would love to see underwater video of the syno heaven with them all swimming about.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 20 Dec 2010, 10:35

andywoolloo wrote:incredible pics!!! would love to see underwater video of the syno heaven with them all swimming about.

Noted! I wonder what the water visibility was like, is it clear johnjohn?

Jools

exasperatus2002 · Post by **exasperatus2002** » 20 Dec 2010, 18:58

Thats a beautiful Synodontis! I love my multies but if I had room for another species he's on top of that wish list.

johnjohn · Post by **johnjohn** » 21 Dec 2010, 15:46

The water in the river is muddy and therefore low Viz.

Out in the lake away from the river mouth the water can be very clear at times - depends on the time of year. Right now its raining pretty hard most days so the water Viz has gotten pretty low. Around October is the best time for clarity underwater.

Post by **Birger** » 10 Mar 2011, 06:46

To clarify, johnjohn has mentioned the river in the above images is the Lufubu River in Zambia.

Birger

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