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Synodontis sp. (5)
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 16:03
by Chrysichthys
Eureka! This fish is identical to my "squiggly angelicus" from an earlier posting. Does anybody out there have one? Mine was supposed to be S. ornatipinnis but clearly isn't. I think it's a Congo species more closely related to S. angelicus than S. schoutedeni.
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 20:59
by Rusty
We had one, bought as an S. ornatapinnis as well. This seems to be another one of those eastern European hybrids. There is a detailed write up on it in the latest Cat Chat, IIRC.
Rusty
Synodontis sp.5
Posted: 30 Oct 2003, 13:19
by caudalis
I have a young syno which looks like sp.5 i think from discussion they grow into adults that are like the fish shown in cat e-log as S.ornatipinnis.
The fish I have that looks like the adult sp.5 I think is aterimus.
Posted: 30 Oct 2003, 13:24
by Silurus
Here is
S. aterrimus. Does your fish look like it?
Synodontis sp.5
Posted: 30 Oct 2003, 13:36
by caudalis
It did when I first got her but has now grown into a stockier fish like sp.5
Posted: 31 Oct 2003, 18:56
by Chrysichthys
It could well be my fish, which I think was a Congo import. Is the tail pointed or rounded? Can't tell from the picture. My cat has a pointed tail, unllike S. schoutedeni.
What's the 'aterrimus' in Sands's guide to Asian and African cats? I thought aterrimus was a little true inverting cat like S. nigriventris, with a black underside.
My cat is about 12cm long and has a strongly patterned underside. Nevertheless it often swims inverted.
Posted: 05 Nov 2003, 13:59
by caudalis
Mine has a pointed tail, patterned underside and swims inverted quite a lot. Also about 12cm long, published info. i have gives max length of 11.5 cm, so not far off.
Posted: 05 Nov 2003, 15:42
by Jools
Another fish which this can be sold as is <I>S. serpentis</I>.
Jools
Posted: 05 Nov 2003, 16:33
by Silurus
Synodontis serpentis did cross my mind as I looked tat the photo in Sand's book. The extremely rugose head kinda threw me off, though.
Posted: 05 Nov 2003, 16:35
by Jools
Silurus wrote:Synodontis serpentis did cross my mind as I looked tat the photo in Sand's book. The extremely rugose head kinda threw me off, though.
Is this something that could develop with age? Also, the pics I ID'ed as <I>S. serpentis</I> on PC are of a just slightly more elongate fish but its one of those that doesn't really show that when crammed up against a rock etc.
Jools
Posted: 05 Nov 2003, 16:46
by Silurus
Rugosity in the skull roof could develop with age, although it usually happens only with fairly large species and not one the size of S. serpentis.