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i am not sure what this is. the only picture i have found that looks like it is a syno. budgetti, but i doubt that'w what it is. the fish store had it labeled as a featherfin squeaker which is very generall. take a look.




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The only featherfin squeaker I know of around here is the syno eupterus. They dont really look like the fish in your photo though.

Good luck with ID

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How about this one?

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/mochokid/synodont/1062_F.PHP We had one of these in out big African Cichlid set up at wokr. He was about 10 inches.

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Get a side on photo if you can.

Trouble is the colour in that photo had me confused for a moment because there is at least one Synodontis that has that yellowish tinge to the fins throughout its life, coupled with the nice orangey chocolate body colour. Trouble is, that fish is the striped Synodontis flavitaeniatus, and your fish doesn't have stripes. Plus, if your store WAS selling flavitaeniatus, they would NEVER mislabel it as a Featherfin Squeaker because flavitaeniatus fetches ten times as much money!

As for identifying a spotted Synodontis, oh you're in for some fun and games. Synodontis eupterus is one of the few distinctive ones, and yours looks nothing like a juvenile eupterus. As for the other spotted Synos, well, let's see, you have up to 35 species to choose from ...

Seriously, though, if you know it's native waters (i.e., whether it's a riverine Syno or a Rift Lake Syno) and have some idea where in Africa it hails from, you can usually narrow it down to one of two or three species with some detective work. Only thing is, if yours turns out to be one of the following three species:

Synodontis notatus
Synodontis schal
Synodontis acanthomias

then you're in for some fun and games if you buy it because they are the three most predatory and aggressive Synos. In particular, acanthomias is a juggernaut that can exceed 12 inches with ease, and if it wants to take ownership of a cave in the aquarium, it will - even if that means evicting a resident pair of Salvini Cichlids! Big ones will square up to Green Terrors and Black Belts if they think the Cichlids are getting too big for their boots ... and they're more than capable of looking after themselves in such company, which makes them excellent choices for large aquaria with aggressive companions, provided you don't mind the smaller ones being eaten by the acanthomias of course!

If it turns out to be one of the 'Big Three' aggressive Synos listed above, house it in LARGE quarters, and make sure its fellow aquarium occupants are similarly large and tough. It's surprising what size prey a big acanthomias in particular can devour if it is so minded!


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i have had them for about 3 years now and have not had any problems with them thus far. they are housed in a 125usg tank with 1 oscar, 1 gt, and some sort of geophagus.


chris

Also, keep in mind the Czech Republic has been churning out thousands of hybrid Synodontis every year and labling them as real species.

With such fish it is usually hard to determine what species they were derived from.

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I do not know of any outright aggressive species of synodontis. Many, however, are quite territorial; I've even seen the resident (and yet to be sold) granny at work go nuts, chasing away an A. hystrix almost tiwce it's size. In any case, without a better picture, you'd be hard pressed to find yourself with a satisfactory idea of what the hell your fish really is.

These are 3yrs old? With that pic, I'm 75% thinking Hybrid. As stated before, better pics? Side shot and mouth shot(belly side) would help. I'm curious now.

very hard to get pics because they never come out from under the rocks.


chris