Help ID Leucistic Synodontis Catfish

[Schmike]

i believe we can conclude the ID of this species as Brachysynodontis batensoda.

basically it is spending most of its time upside down under the driftwood which fits exactly to the description on scotcat (http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/s_batensoda.htm):
B. batensoda spends most of its time inverted under branches or logs

 

[jclyde13]

i believe we can conclude the ID of this species as Brachysynodontis batensoda.

basically it is spending most of its time upside down under the driftwood which fits exactly to the description on scotcat (http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/s_batensoda.htm):
B. batensoda spends most of its time inverted under branches or logs

Although I'm far from an expert, the shape, size, and location of the eyes just doesn't seem right at all for B. batensoda... I could be wrong, though.

 

[Schmike]

This was the reply after a friend enquired Birger on the ID:

Hi Ben

If you look at the close up pic of the mouth you will see it has a membrane running the length of the maxillary barbel

Of the fish I looked at:
S.caudovitata has no maxillary membrane.
S.sorex has a very short maxillary membrane.
S. schall has a membrane as well but the barbels are longer and the
maxillary also has feathery bits on it.

This particular fish has a membrane running along the maxillary barbels., the mandibular barbels have simple branches with no sub-divisions, the adipose fin which has a very sharp drop at the posterior(back) end, begins very close to the short dorsal and the caudal is deeply forked best seen in the second last of these pictures. The size was right because it has not developed the very deep body yet of a large adult but is not really a juvi anymore. (It also normally would have had spots)

So with all that I think it may be Brachysynodontis batensoda...hence the question on swimming upside down.

This will either help or make things more confusing

Birger

 

[jclyde13]

This was the reply after a friend enquired Birger on the ID:

Hi Ben

If you look at the close up pic of the mouth you will see it has a membrane running the length of the maxillary barbel

Of the fish I looked at:
S.caudovitata has no maxillary membrane.
S.sorex has a very short maxillary membrane.
S. schall has a membrane as well but the barbels are longer and the
maxillary also has feathery bits on it.

This particular fish has a membrane running along the maxillary barbels., the mandibular barbels have simple branches with no sub-divisions, the adipose fin which has a very sharp drop at the posterior(back) end, begins very close to the short dorsal and the caudal is deeply forked best seen in the second last of these pictures. The size was right because it has not developed the very deep body yet of a large adult but is not really a juvi anymore. (It also normally would have had spots)

So with all that I think it may be Brachysynodontis batensoda...hence the question on swimming upside down.

This will either help or make things more confusing

Birger

I'll take his word for it.

 

[peewee]

awesome!

 

[Schmike]

(probably) last 2 shots from me:

 

[elindra]

The next time the shots will be taken in my tank