Whami river synodontis

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 12 Jan 2003, 15:12

These are beatiful synodontis.Hope that the arrive sometimes here too.

Post by **Rusty** » 12 Jan 2003, 16:29

That's an S. rufigiensis.Some vendors [we'll leave them unnamed] are infamous for their creativity in "naming" species. They couldn't even spell Wami right...

And when they DO give "scientific names", they often give the wrong names. E.g., their S. polli appears to be S. petricola.

Charly EON · Post by **Charly EON** » 12 Jan 2003, 18:33

Hello

I think one (cichlids) exporter from Tanzania uses this name as well. Perhaps this is where this names comes from.

Charly

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 12 Jan 2003, 22:20

Rusty; you sure both pics display S rufigiensis?
because the left one's got a very different shape of mouth, head and whiskers than the right one.
Next to the color, the pointed nose of the right syno is much more evident than the left syno. If both are the same species; it's got a heck of variation in morphology...

and the left -greenish-syno also got a very distinctive colorpattern on the tailfin, the "sky-blue" misses completely, and if I'm still correct, that left one has also a dark dorsal spine..

Post by **Silurus** » 12 Jan 2003, 22:40

Mochokids are known to have a lot of variation in morphology. It's giving me no end of headaches in my revision of Microsynodontis.

Heok Hee