Syn catfish id

[Anniegump]

Anyone know what kind of catfish this is? I saw one at the LFS and it was labeled Zebra hybrid. Is that what this fish is? This isn't my picture, I found it on the web, but it looks just like the one at the store I saw today.

Thanks!

 

[ksane]

I have one I really like him a LOT. PetsMart had him labled as a "Syno. multipunctatus/Syno. decorus Hybrid". There's a thread about them on MFK at http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253576
Here's mine, his picture is also posted in the thread on MFK along with someone else's.

 

[jpappy789]

Is it just me, or does the dorsal shape look different than the second pic? maybe its just the angle.

 

[toddnbecka]

Nice looking fish, any idea of the max size?

 

[jpappy789]

Is it just me, or does the dorsal shape look different than the second pic? maybe its just the angle.

Scratch that...I meant caudal. :lipssealedsmilie:

 

[Anniegump]

Thanks, there was one like this in the same tank. I don't think it's the same kind.
Any idea what his kind is?
Thanks!

 

[flossyfloofloo]

the first pic looks like a standard decorus syn the second looks like a leopard syn

i have a supposed decorus/euruptus cross and it has never looked anything like that

 

[ksane]

I knew some people called them Valentine Synos, but here's the Planet Catfish link to them.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species=synodontis+sp_hybrid(5)&species_id=2112

 

[toddnbecka]

the first pic looks like a standard decorus syn the second looks like a leopard syn

i have a supposed decorus/euruptus cross and it has never looked anything like that

Pure decorus have stripes, not spots, through the caudal (tail) fin. Anytime you see one with spots on the tail it's a hybrid. Most likely crossed with S. multipunctatus.

 

[BigFishKeeper]

Nice syno!
-Alex