henward Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Pets-animals/Fish/Fish/auction-386562172.htm not too many spots. not a decorus - decorus is full of spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobyn Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 It definately doesnt look like a featherfin. Closest it looks is an ocellifer but even thats at a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I do remember an article that someone (I think it was firenz) posted a few years back that he found on planet catfish and it said that most synos are hybrids, and a bent dorsal fin can be a good indication of it.. Might be a good thing to search for and have a read up on? I know I have seen plenty of randoms in NZ that don't really seem to match any real type.. It does look like the cuckoos are good though so that is a good thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 person selling it says eruptus. eruptus is the most common one also known as featherfin. has many many spots, almost some are stripey oval spots. the occelated is heaps of spots on it but i agree, its close to that. any ideas? so if most are hybrids, then there is no way of really pinpointing this species it may not actually be an officia one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobyn Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Have you mixed up your auction link? You asked on my auction what my one was and I said eupterus. However that link is not to my fish and that link looks nothing like my fish either. Just to clear up lol. There are no comments on the auction you linked to that say "eupterus" he only says featherfin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 sorry yes i mixed it up :slfg: my bad i was looking at another! :facepalm: i take it back guys this is the problem when you have a fish addiction and juggling multiple auctions anyways, what is this synodontis? straight from the horses mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobyn Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Sorry I cant post a link to my own auction. And I dont have any photos of the fish in question currently as he is being looked after by my flatmate while I house sit. But I am 99.999% sure he is a eupterus. He started off with the spots being longer like you described, but as they grow the spots round out and become further apart. Although no where near as far apart as you above link!!! I will post a photo of the closest match to him so others can see if maybe Im wrong. He looks just like the fish in this link. http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/african-catfish/featherfin-catfish/100062.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 That auction that you linked to henward is a syno euptera X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 x i assume a cross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 sorry yes i mixed it up :slfg: my bad i was looking at another! :facepalm: i take it back guys this is the problem when you have a fish addiction and juggling multiple auctions anyways, what is this synodontis? straight from the horses mouth :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 And on closer inspection that will be one of the Syno euptera X ocellifer that came in a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 And on closer inspection that will be one of the Syno euptera X ocellifer that came in a while ago.Nice fish. Did they come in on the list as this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I recall seeing that name listed. There were another 4 or so hybrids as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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