Embryo developement of Synodontis cf. nigrita and others

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 27 Jan 2005, 12:20

This magazine came out already in december 04 (Aquarium fachmagazin).It had good article about breeding programs of several Synodontis spp. inc.
Synodontis cf. nigriventris zebra
Synodontis cf. nigrita (njassae)
Synodontis nigriventris
Synodontis polli
Synodontis pleurops
Synodontis petricola
Synodontis schoutedeni

Very good magazine anyway
here are some pictures and text about that
http://www.aquarium-dietzenbach.de/misc ... c_0001.txt

http://www.aquarium-dietzenbach.de/aquarium.php

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 27 Jan 2005, 15:08

Synodontis cf. nigrita (njassae)

smells like HYBRID to me, because a TRUE njassae looks as much like a nigrita as a S brichardi does.....

only two things are the same, really;
both are Syno's
both are spotted.....

Oliver D. · Post by **Oliver D.** » 28 Jan 2005, 21:50

IÂ´ve bought in 1995, 9 of these S. cf. nigrita in Poland. IÂ´ve breed they firstly 2001.

They are not hybrids. The yougsters were 100% identically.
I think hybrids would be differently.

Oliver

Post by **Silurus** » 28 Jan 2005, 22:56

That would be the species featured here, right?

They look like regular nigrita. I wonder why someone would call them njassae.

Oliver D. · Post by **Oliver D.** » 28 Jan 2005, 23:06

Yes, right!

The fish-dealers call them S. njassae, to make more money. ;)

S. cf. nigrita = 3 - 4 EUR
as S. njassae = - 14 EUR

Its most the same fish here.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 29 Jan 2005, 11:20

exactly the same over here;

in ALL my wanderings as a catfishnut, I have seen the REAL S njassae about 5-6 times; 5 or 6!

but fish sold as njassae? hundreds of times!
nigrita, cf nigrita, robbianus, eupterus, ocellifer, hybrids, even pale multipuncs!

it's a fast way of making swift bucks over the backs of ingnorant Malawi-keepers that don't want to add Tanganyikans to their Malawi-tank