Can anyone tell me what type this is?

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Some friends got me two of theese, i have no idea what type they are, can anyone help me out here? Many thanks.

psyp

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Angelicus. Mildly predatory, peaceful with most fish, can be territorial with others of it's kind. Wouldn't trust it in with any small fish, and needs a diet of meaty foods.
 
Wow and super thanks!, thats so neat. Love.

Oh i forgot, i have a bunch of neon tetras, they will dissapiar will they? And how big can i excpect them to grow? Again thanks.

psyp
 
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How big is it? Not knowing size, I'd go along with the Synodontis multipunctatus call. I don't think it's a petricola, although they look similar. Every petricola I've seen has white edging to the fins.

Another possibility is Syn. njassae, but these are much less commonly seen in the hobby trade.

Check out the Cat-E-Log at Planet catfish at http://www.planetcatfish.com . In the Cat0E-Log section, look under family Mochokidae and you'll see all the synodontis species. I bet the multipunctatus description and pics match yours best, but if not, come back and educate us!

Multipunctatus are great little catfish. They do best in groups larger than 3.

Good luck,
Jim
 
Sorry for the delayed answer, i want to say thanks for all the info.

They are about 5-6 cm i'd bet.

The tail confusess me thoug, if you look at the fish i got, it has two spots on each tail fin. (+ one on the root 5 inn total)
The petricola, multipunctatus, seems to have all black color tails with a white outline.

After browsing Cat-E-Log i found this one : Synodontis sp(3)
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/mochokid/synodont/696_f.php

is this toataly of mark or? i have no experience inn identifying fish. :)

psyp
 
This fish is probably one of the tank raised hybrid synos that are commonly being imported. It is neither S. angelicus, which is black with white spots, S. petricola, which has a vivid white leading fin edge on black fins, nor is it S. multipunctatus, which also has black finnage. The S. sp. (3) you found a picture of is probably as close as you're going to get to an actual classification for your fish, but you can also post the picture in the "what is my catfish" forum at planetcatfish.com for a more detailed description of why.

Barbie
 
Actually, after perusing Planet Catfish some more, I think your catfish looks a lot like a Syn. njassae. The pics at PC show a fish with similar spotting that carries all the way over to the finnage, just like yours. Take a look and see what you think.

If you have a njassae, I'm jealous. I've been trying to get some of those for quite a while, without success.

HTH,
Jim
 
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