Fins certainly look like S. decora, and the pattern will vary with age (and individuals - I have one I call "stripey" because it's got a stripe down the side, rather than a spot).
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unsure about identity
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Re: unsure about identity
seems genuine to me
Lou: Every young man's fantasy is to have a three-way.
Jacob: Yeah not with another fu**!ng guy!
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Jacob: Yeah not with another fu**!ng guy!
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Re: unsure about identity
this thread is being continued/developed in the http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 9&p=180720
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Re: unsure about identity
I agree. I wrote something on this some years ago after buying some very small hormone produced (not hybridised) euptera, where one turned out as what was described as galinae, and the others normal. Just a deformity of the head basically. My article (quoted on the Catalog of Fishes) was:jippo wrote:Viktor Jarikov wrote: About euptera, I have seen genuine hormone bred specimens at Germany which look like yours. I don't think yours is a hybrid, just hormone bred euptera.
Grant, S. 2003
On the validity and identity of some species of Synodontis Cuvier, 1817 (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Cat Chat, Journal of the catfish study group (UK) v. 4 (no. 2): 15-19
The images can be seen on my Mochokidae images on http://www.scotcat.com/thedarkone/thedarkone.htm