What type of catfish is this?
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Not S. decorus, the tail pattern is all wrong. But close. Looks to be the hybrid Synodontis sp. valentiana, which is a hybrid between S. decorus and S. multipunctatus
It is syno hybrid #5 https://www.planetcatfish.com/synodontis_sp_hybrid(5)
It has a typical growth and final size for larger synos, such as eupterus, decorus, ocellifer, etc.
It has a typical growth and final size for larger synos, such as eupterus, decorus, ocellifer, etc.
Nice cats. You should be able to see that the two main barbles are bare ( plain and straight) and have no additional tiny branches like the others do. This will be the main way to tell between sp_hybrid 5 ( sp. Valentiana ) and decorus.
You can expect similar growth rate and size to multipunctatus, maybe an inch larger.
You can expect similar growth rate and size to multipunctatus, maybe an inch larger.
Decorus must sport:
-- branched mandibular barbels, as you said
-- dorsal extension (can be bitten off)
-- stripes in the dorsal and caudal (can develop a bit later, after 2"-3")
A shop in this area had a few of those.Thinking at first that they were Synodntis decorus they caught my eye but they were labeled with some other fancy name.
I passed on them since they were not decorus.