Synodontis ID

[Xeno]

Hey,
can anyone ID this big fella?

 

[Matteus]

Wow. What a beauty

 

[twentyleagues]

Thinking nigrita.

 

[krichardson]

It almost looks like a clarias but it's tail isn't red.

 

[jclyde13]

I'm not an expert on these plain brown Synos (there are quite a few), but I'd suggest S. frontosus, S. schall, and S. budgetti as possibilities.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

It's a tough one for me too, not being an expert.

I thought clarias at first too but the tail has no red, as Krich stated, and the barbels don't appear to be strongly branched.

https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=287

I'd suggest posting on Planet Catfish. Many syno experts there.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I am glad you posted on PCF: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=46947#p314763

Let's see. There is at least a dozen of high level syno experts there.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Two experts chimed in and both think S. budgetti. This species can grow to 1.5' total length.

https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=419

https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=46947&p=314876#p314876

 

[fishhead0103666]

I didn’t know any synodontis could grow that big...

 

[twentyleagues]

I didn’t know any synodontis could grow that big...

Actually alot get 8+" I know thats far from 17" but 10 to 12 seems like a norm.