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What kind of synodontis is this?
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 06:00
by nmartens
I bought this synodontis cat from Wal-Mart when it was tiny. They called it a synodontis lace. It's now a good 6" long and pretty sure it's a female. Is abdomen is pretty large and an ovipositor is present. I'm trying to locate another and am not finding one that looks just like it. I've been shown other synodontis lace's and they don't look like mine. Can you help identify this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ ... tiscat.jpg
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 09:19
by Yann
Hi!
It is a weird looking Syno, possibly an hybrid, I don't find any species that match him,
Some features such as tail and adipose fins look like
, while the body markings and heads look a bit similar with
I especially find the dorsal fin very small for bein S. eupterus and placed a lot behind of the head for being S. nigrita...
Any chance to make a pic more sideways??
Cheers
Yann
Here's some better pics of same fish
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 16:37
by nmartens
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 20:15
by Silurus
It's a
, albeit with severe teratologies.
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 21:49
by nmartens
Thanks for I.Ding my fish. It does look more like the eupterus than any of the others. I still love my cat even with it's strange looks
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 21:59
by sidguppy
what's a teratology?
nmartens, your links are dead.....unfortunately.
Posted: 26 Sep 2004, 22:42
by Silurus
what's a teratology?
A developmental malformation.
Try this pic instead
Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 05:36
by nmartens
I was using photobucket, think it kicked the bucket!!
Using imageshack so try this
Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 07:47
by Erwin
Wasn't there even a description as a new species (Synodontis galinae KOCHETOV, 1998) - which of course isn't - for such specimen? I think we had discussed that some time ago?
Erwin
Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 15:56
by sidguppy
OUCH!!
that poor thing looks like it was second best with a head-on colision.....
Posted: 28 Sep 2004, 21:40
by nmartens
Yeah, not the prettiest in the world but full of personality! Posed for me while I took pics of it. After reading up on eupterus, I'm not even going to try to introduce another one. If they hate each other I don't have another tank large enogh to put one of them in. Thanks for the responses to my post
Posted: 29 Sep 2004, 01:12
by metallhd
sidguppy wrote:OUCH!!
that poor thing looks like it was second best with a head-on colision.....
you don't say . . . maybe it was something he ate?
Posted: 29 Sep 2004, 07:24
by blazespecv
My god. He looks about to pop...
Posted: 29 Sep 2004, 14:02
by nmartens
I feed him (her, who knows) sinking wafers and between the syno and the pleco, they fight over the food. I think the syno is winning the food battle judging by the size of the gut!
Posted: 29 Sep 2004, 22:01
by Zebby
Malachite green when used on juveniles can have this effect.
But there is lateral line erosion so lack of nutrients may well be the cause
Try feeding bloodworms every so oftern as this is more like there stapel diet.
Posted: 30 Sep 2004, 02:34
by nmartens
Hmm, I have used malachite green (Quick cure)for ick outbreaks several times in the past and when it was a little cat. I do feed bloodworms to all my fish several times a week in addition to various staples and froz brine. The bloated belly is recent, in the last 6 weeks or so. Possibly overeating?
Posted: 30 Sep 2004, 16:06
by Zebby
Females tend to get quite bulky with age, and yes they will eat till it looks like there gonna burst.
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