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I bought it as S. petricola Zaire but I think they can possibly be lucipinnis, I've read the article to distinguish but mine have characters of both
in six months they growing only a little

What size are they currently?

Richard is far better at IDs than me, but I would say S. Petricola at this point, because the head spots are not noticeably smaller than those on the body.

Richard B wrote:What size are they currently?

about 6-8 cm

marco0raimondo wrote:

Richard B wrote:What size are they currently?

about 6-8 cm

The body spots are fairly rounded & fairly regular. At the size you state, if they were Lucipinnis I'd expect to see much more irregular blotch type markings, therefore I'd suggest these are immature petricola - one of the regional variations. They do seem to be slower growers than Lucipinnis

thanks

I am going to be disagreeing with Richard on this one, I think lucipinnis.

Birger

Just throwing this out there, but what if it is neither? The pics remind me a lot of

dconnors wrote:Just throwing this out there, but what if it is neither? The pics remind me a lot of

Synodontis sp`polli_white`

Headshape is wrong for 'white polli'

Birger wrote:I am going to be disagreeing with Richard on this one, I think lucipinnis. Birger

They could well be & probability says they are likely to be but at 6-8cm SL or TL I'd expect slightly more irregular blotching. On the lucipinnis I see regularly the rounder blotch/spots become more irregular at about 4-6cm SL & the growth rate seems faster on Luci's than Petricola - I'm pretty open on these & I suppose mostly time will tell

I will wait longer to see their growth