New Catfish

kemp_ad · Jun 22, 2008

Hello All

Ive just recently got this fish

I was told it was a Giraffe Catfish or also known as Polker-dot Catfish

Ive had a look around various sites and I cant seen to find any pictures simular to help identify.

Please see attached image

Thanks All

dthoffsett · Jun 22, 2008

Looks like one of the synodontis species, probably synodontis petricola or s.multipunctatus.
I could be wrong though, several of the synos look the same to me.

kemp_ad · Jun 23, 2008

OK great.

Thanks for the help.

Looking at the pictures I think its the first one you said (Synodontis petricola)

SJ2K · Jun 23, 2008

Quite common LFS's now, do well with others of the same species and needs a medium+ size tank

dthoffsett · Jun 24, 2008

SJ2K said:
Quite common LFS's now, do well with others of the same species and needs a medium+ size tank

I wish they were common around here, they go great with mbuna. The cheapest I've ever found them is $30 a fish + shipping online. :crazy:

toddnbecka · Jun 25, 2008

Either a petricola or lucipinnis, the white leading edges on the fins are distinctive from multipunctatus. Social fish, best kept in groups. They have been spawned in aquariums, a bit of searching will turn up anything else you might want to know.

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