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sorry about the poor quality video, it was done on my phone.

No kidding about the quality - it would be very difficult to attempt an accurate ID solely on this - could you post a description, colours/patterns etc to assist? It looked like there was a pale edge to the tail near the end of the video which hints at a tanganyikan hybrid with granulosus parentage? (it looks too elongate for a granulosus?)

What was the fish sold as?

As much info as possible will assist with an ID

Cheers

Richard B

I know its a hybrid syno, just thought i'd post a vid showing him hand feeding.

he was sold as njassae, but its quite obvious he isnt.
these are some old photos.

As hybrids go this is one of the better looking ones i've seen - good video clip apart from the quality - you've obviously got him/her settled & comfortable enough to feed from your hand.

Thanks for sharing this with us

Richard B

This is NOT a hybrid. It is probably the same fish as this:

It's quite dark in the pictures of the first fish, but I'd say it has a "granulosus" type black with white edge dorsal fin. So, I'm not so sure they can be the same species.

Jools

Yeah, looking more closely at the pic, I see what you mean.

Cool vid. I had a Syno Granulosus which used to do the smae. Bought it that way. How you'd do this is beyond me.