Can I get an Sydonist ID?

[AtomixIGN]

I asked in another thread of mine about the tank but this really is the right place.


I got him 4 years ago at my local shop as a freebie. Somebody returned him covered in scars and cuts. He was 6" then and he's 6" now.

 

[guppy]

Can you get a side on shot, preferably with the dorsal up? So many synodontis a variable, looks like one of the dark phase alberti is this picture. but also a dark nebulosus

 

[AtomixIGN]

He's hard to catch out in the open right now. Harder to catch on film. His dorsal is almost always up and I'd say it's an inch to an inch and a half high.

Behaviorwise he has a habit of going vertical, face down, tail up when he's not feeding and not hiding. If that means anything.

 

[joeytoe]

Im thinking a Lace Synodontis, but its hard to tell without a clear pic.

 

[AtomixIGN]

EDIT:


I'm 99% it's an Alberti. I found one pic on one site that matches him to a T. Thanks a lot everybody. The big eyes and thin tall dorsal were perfect.

 

[blacktip]

I have to agree with the alberti assessment. Cool fish, especially for a freebie.

 

[BICHIR MAD]

i think its a synodontis eupterus as i have one exactly the same try http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/synodontis_eupterus.html

 

[tallan]

It's an Albertii, had one for close to 20 years. It's a peaceful Syno so don't put with aggressive fish.