Synodontis Question

[all_waze]

A friend of mine has a few what he calls Synodontis petricola. But they are almost jet black and are 5-6 ins. They're gorgeous cats but I can't find any pics of black petricola. There were 2 on aquabid referred to as mini-petricolas and were black...but max out at 3ins +/- and also called S. lucipinnis...but again can't seem to find any pix of the black ones large or small. Any ideas or info? Thnx

JIM

 

[toddnbecka]

Could you post some pics of the fish in question?

 

[Colin_T]

petricolas are meant to be spotted not black. Maybe they got the name mixed up with another fish.

 

[jollysue]

I have some pics of so-called dwarf petrocola, properly S. lucipinnus, in my thread about my new baby! They are not black either. And S. petrocola look like S. lucipinnus just a few inches bigger.

Maybe they were a hybrid, but they are not petrocola or lucipinnus if they are black.