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orange and black catfish
Posted: 28 Dec 2005, 14:38
by B-2
Yesterday when I was at Petsmart I saw some interesting looking catfish hiding under a rock. They were a light orange with a few black bands across their body. Their face, however, was spotted with small black speckles. Their face seemed to be a lighter peach color. When I asked what they were, the employee pointed to a picture of a orange syno with black spots on it's body and stripes on it's face. I was confused but the lady insisted they were the same species.
Is this possible, and if it is, what species could this fish be?
Posted: 28 Dec 2005, 14:55
by Mika
Syno
Posted: 28 Dec 2005, 15:09
by B-2
I am pretty sure they were synos because they didn't have a sucker mouth.
Posted: 28 Dec 2005, 15:17
by Silurus
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The body isn't banded, but spotted, but it could be you were looking at a young fish.
Posted: 28 Dec 2005, 15:26
by B-2
The fish in the tank were about 5 inches long. I only quickly glanced at the name tag with the picture and I have a feeling it said Synodontis decorus. Still, the picture was so different from the fish that I am very skeptical that the two are related in any way. Also the body shape of the fish in the picture was different from the fish in the tank.
Posted: 29 Dec 2005, 00:48
by snowball
Here's another photo of a young S. decorus that I saw on the page Mika linked in the albino raphael thread.
This appears to match your description of black speckles on a light peach coloured face.
Yes!
Posted: 29 Dec 2005, 03:24
by B-2
That looks exactly like the fish I saw.
However, the picture at the store didn't look like a decorus, young or adult. It could be they had the wrong picture with the name.
