Tanganyika Syno

Tangsyno · Post by **Tangsyno** » 20 Dec 2004, 19:22

Please help to identify this Syno, thanks in advance.
http://community.webshots.com/user/frontosaca please click on Tanganyika Catfish album and Syno 1 Synodontis 2 are pictures of the same fish. What is it? Multie or Polli? or?
Chris

Post by **Silurus** » 20 Dec 2004, 19:30

multipunctatus

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 20 Dec 2004, 19:52

nice ones!

Zambian variety, perhaps?

WC imports?

Tangsyno · Post by **Tangsyno** » 20 Dec 2004, 21:08

Thank you guys, yes they are WC, arrived on Friday from Zambia.
Chris

julian · Post by **julian** » 22 Dec 2004, 20:51

nice frontosas too !

Post by **Birger** » 26 Dec 2004, 01:53

Sid, what made you think these were Zambian variety without knowing their collecting location?
Was it the color,they seem to be more white than mine are,or something else

Birger

Post by **Silurus** » 26 Dec 2004, 02:02

The differences between the northern (Congo/Burundi/Tanzania) and southern (Zambia) varieties are explained in the CotM article.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 26 Dec 2004, 12:36

Sid, what made you think these were Zambian variety without knowing their collecting location?
Was it the color,they seem to be more white than mine are,or something else

It's called the eye of the Master

Nah, I'm just mental.

honestly; it shows in a few ways:
-short. they're short, Burundi's are bigger and have a more slender profile. It's a more elongated fish.
-those tend to be lighter as well; not white but more ivory than golden.

your's are true multipunctatus btw; the subspecies/variety known as "Goldeneye" has more spots, less black in the fins, smaller eyes and a lighter background color.

and finally; right about now 90% of all Tanganyikan imports are from Zambia.
Tanzania is rare due to excess burocracy, Congo is rare due to war and Burundi has been declining in a decade or two due to ethnic cleansing and other miseries.

Post by **Birger** » 26 Dec 2004, 19:11

Thanks,
sometimes mental is good

Birger