is this a true cuckoo catfish?

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is this a true cuckoo catfish?

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hello everybody i have recently aquired a small cuckoo catfish and i trust the guy i bought it from but i just want to get your opinion thanks! i am also thinking of breeding them when they reach sexual maturity so i will also take suggestions on that
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Re: is this a true cuckoo catfish?

Post by Silurus »

The pectoral-fin ray counts suggest
Synodontis grandiops
instead of
Synodontis multipunctata
.
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HH, are you saying you were able to count them from those pictures? Just making sure I read your post right as affirmative and not a citation of the general ID clue.
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Post by Biulu »

Viktor Jarikov wrote:HH, are you saying you were able to count them from those pictures? Just making sure I read your post right as affirmative and not a citation of the general ID clue.
If you click on the first picture it gets about 10 times bigger and yes, I can see the rays there as well...
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Re: is this a true cuckoo catfish?

Post by Viktor Jarikov »

right, I just cannot see them well enough...
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