For the past couple weeks at my lfs this guy keeps catching my eye. I was wondering if anyone could ID this catfish, my lfs says its a rare synodontis and has it priced at $60 it is also about 6-7 inches long. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
synodontis catfish question
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Synodontis eupterus juvenile or maybe a mix of eupterus and something else maybe.
james99
I think you are right with the eupterus hybrid. I just looked up hybrids and it seems to be a cross between eupterus and angelicus. would you consider $60 a fare price for one that is around 6-7 inches long? thanks for the info!
!!! That looks exactly like my new syno SPIKE. Same body pattern and everything. His belly was black with dots but has lightened up.
I'd say that's a fair price. It would take you years to grow the usual sized one up to that size, and he's a nice looking fish. Sounds fair enough.
update: I ended up purchasing it today, adding it to my 120 gal tank
It is not a eupterus and it doesn't strike my eye as necessarily a hybrid, at least I have never seen such hybrids (but hybridizers keep making newer and newer ones).
If anything this syno struck me first as potentially genuine... but having looked through the genus quickly, I don't see any matches (may need to look much more diligently) but I do see a couple matches in the hybrid section - #3 and #9:
www.planetcatfish.com
It's a pity this is hybrid (to make sure you can post your query on PCF) as it is a pretty fish but for me and any purist a hybrid is a turn off. Not the fish's fault whatsoever of course.
Another perk of posting this fish on the PCF is that the photos can be used to enhance the Cat-eLog, if Jools agrees.
If anything this syno struck me first as potentially genuine... but having looked through the genus quickly, I don't see any matches (may need to look much more diligently) but I do see a couple matches in the hybrid section - #3 and #9:
PlanetCatfish.com - The genus Synodontis
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www.planetcatfish.com
It's a pity this is hybrid (to make sure you can post your query on PCF) as it is a pretty fish but for me and any purist a hybrid is a turn off. Not the fish's fault whatsoever of course.
Another perk of posting this fish on the PCF is that the photos can be used to enhance the Cat-eLog, if Jools agrees.
Ive seen similar synos around these parts labeled as angelicus hybrids or sometimes even just angelicus which is obviously false. My moneys on eupterusxangelicus.