Synodontis petricola?

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Synodontis petricola?

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Hello,

The fish was sold at the store as , but I more like the or .

What do you think?

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Re: Synodontis petricola?

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Looks like petricola to me.
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Hi Silurus.

Why?
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Re: Synodontis petricola?

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Silurus knows his fish, that's for sure. He writes for Practical Fishkeeping magazine and I imagine he's forgotten more about catfish than a lot of us know. One thing that tells you it's not a is the leading edge of the dorsal and pectoral fins. Your fish have a white leading edge on those fins, multipunctatus do not.
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True! I didn't saw the dorsal fin!

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