My lfs has a load of these guys in at the moment, they look like a really interesting active fish. Fish base says that they will only grow to about 6-8 cm. Interestingly they are labelled in the lfs as hoplosternum pectorale, someone hasnt bee keeping up to date. Has anyone got any experiences of ke...

I dont think that it could have been pupils dilating, the eye seemed to go from a dark spot to a golden coloured (around the pupil (iris??)) from the top of the eye down. Pupil dilation would be a receding or increasing circle (wouldnt it?). Besides if it was pupil dilation it would happen the other...

I saw the info on fishbase (followed the link on Freshwater fish index). I would be interested to see the scan, but it is not important, I am just curious. Is this fish particularly rare for a lfs to get hold of? If it wasn't I would have thought that there would be a little more info on it.

Cheers.

I have done web searches on S. pardalis and S. pardallis, but cannot find any info exept that which is on the index of freshwater fish.

It is not on the cat-elog or on scotcat. If someone has got a picture or more info I would love to see it, I am now very curious.

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This fish is on a lfs list, but not on the cat-elog. Can anyone give any info about this fish?

Noticed something interesting last night. My catfish seems to have some sort of eyelid that he seems to use when the light is excesive. I have looked on the anatomy pics that Silurus posted on the site improvement forum but there is no mention of them. I wonder if anyone could explain them for me, a...

Thanks Silurus

can any one direct me to any Synodontis specific info on the web, or possibly book titles?

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Thanks Silurus. I suppose that it is a lesson learned, dont trust anyone trying to sell a fish!!!! I will probably have do donate it to another local aquarist :cry: , I don't have room for a tank big enough for a fish that size. Still it is only little now so it will be a while before I have to do t...

My fish looks the same as the S. acanthomias on the cat-elog.

Un fortunately I do not have a digital camera, but the fish really is just like the pics on the cat-elog.

My tank is 12 gallons, far too small for a 30cm fish.

Having looked on the posts on this forum I am now completely confused as to what this fish is. Basically it lookes exactly the same as the pics under synodontis acanthomias on this site. Help!! Is it actualy going to grow that big, It is about an inch long at the moment. I feel a bit cheated if it w...

Hi, I am relatively new to keeping fish, but I am hooked and have been doing a lot of reading up on the hobby. During my research I came across a little problem and I wonder if any one can help me. I was sold what I was told was an upside down catfish as one of my first fish. I thought that this sou...