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Syno Help Again

Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 20:09
by Colin Keightley
Having not kept fish for over 14 month due to being made homeless at one point I have decided to start my tanks again and purchased some stock.

I bought some Synos which were labelled up leopard Synodontis having now looked for them on here im struggling, i realise they are still very young but here are some photos if you could help please.

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Also bought what were labelled as Julii which naturaly are Trilineatus

Re: Syno Help Again

Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 22:54
by pleco_breeder
Sorry I can't help much. The leopard Synodontis is a hybrid, but can't remember what the parent species are. Hopefully one of the experts can chime in with more info.

Larry

Re: Syno Help Again

Posted: 07 May 2011, 17:10
by Viktor Jarikov
leopard or jaguar synos are hybrids - parents vary, usually include multipunctata, decora, euptera, ocellifer, etc. From hundreds of syno hybrid discussions on here, it does not appear worthwhile or needed to trace the lineage - 99.99% say you will never know short of dna analysis

yours is a hybrid, I'd guess - in my humble experience, no genuine syno would have fins, esp dorsal and caudal, patterned like that

Re: Syno Help Again

Posted: 11 May 2011, 01:27
by Birger
Yes, definately a hybrid...Rift cat crossed with ocellifer maybe ...I would suppose this would be useful if one wanted to know a possible final size and temperment.

Here is our hybrid thread, if you do not see yours in there you could add it to that thread (please).

Birger

Re: Syno Help Again

Posted: 11 May 2011, 02:12
by Dave Rinaldo
Birger wrote:Here is our hybrid thread, if you do not see yours in there you could add it to that thread (please).Birger
The hybrid Syno thread

Re: Syno Help Again

Posted: 11 May 2011, 04:09
by Birger
Thanks Dave... :cheers: