Help Needing On I.d Of Catfish

[nightlife20]

hello all, i know its been a while since iv last been here, iv got a problem.

been to an lfs and brought 2 catfish, been told that they were zebra upside down catfish, tried to id by photo an name online but have not been able to.

got my partner to get a me a decent photo..... i know one of u lot on here will be able to id..

i thought at first some type of cory.... but the upper body dosnt look wide enough

 

[england]

hello mate, looks to me like Synodontis eupterus .....Featherfin Squeaker Catfish

 

[mixmaster jay]

ive got one the same but brown and i wont grow lol ive had it for 2 yers and ist only grown 1cm lol its about 2" total lol

 

[Davo86]

ive got one the same but brown and i wont grow lol ive had it for 2 yers and ist only grown 1cm lol its about 2" total lol

Yours sounds like a Synodontis nigriventris jay,

I agree the pic is most likely to be a Syno Eupterus

 

[helterskelter]

Again it look's like a Synodontis eupterus

 

[nightlife20]

#####, 20cm of fish x 2

i frigin hate lfs when they invent new fish by givin old fish diff names


oh well, looks like the 5fter is needed then

some sites that iv looked at are sayin they can be a bit aggressive, and some sites are sayin they arnt... also its varyin on the size side, some say 15cm others say upto 22cm.

they seem to be gettin on ok with my baby hoplo catfish atm, i spose the aggressive side will come out when they get older an bigger

 

[Davo86]

IME with 2 your going to see some aggression from them once they mature,

I kept 2 in a four foot tank for about 2 years, In this time the dominant one reached about 8" and the other around 6",
In the end I had to rehome them both as they became ever more aggressive towards each other and both needed more space than what i had at the time

 

[mixmaster jay]

Yours sounds like a Synodontis nigriventris jay,

cool cheers davo86 i will google it and have a look lol i dont think its got much more growth in it

yeah thats the one dave thankyou