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Brought this as an upside down catfish, but from what I seen it looks nothing like one now!! can someone help me please and will this fish grow a lot and eat smaller fish?? thanks

I'm not at all an expert on this but the fish you show looks exaktly(not exectly... yours has bigger spots) like my S. Nigrita's.

Silurus Id'd them for me in this thread.
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=2541

Synodontis eupterus was my first though but you're fish lacks the extended dorsal fin.
Mabie a hybrid species,have a look at Synodontis.spp

It's neither S. nigrita nor S. eupterus. Most likely an eupterus-Tang Syno hybrid.

Silurus wrote:It's neither S. nigrita nor S. eupterus. Most likely an eupterus-Tang Syno hybrid.

How big does this fish grow and will it eat small fish like Neons and Corys????

Thanks

LondonDragon wrote:

Silurus wrote:It's neither S. nigrita nor S. eupterus. Most likely an eupterus-Tang Syno hybrid.

How big does this fish grow and will it eat small fish like Neons and Corys????

Thanks

It will be OK with Corys and _should_ be OK with neons but this might get a bit risky as the fish grows. Becuase it is a hybrid it is hard to know how big it will get but I wouldn't think it would get much bigger than 5".

Jools

I see S. ocellifer, possibly ocellifer x eupterus.

Dinyar

Were did you buy the cat. It looks like a hybrid to me. I have 1 almost identical which is now 5inches after 12 mth. If I remember correctly it was sent in as a tank bred Multipunctatus but soon lost its white colour.

STINGRAY wrote:Were did you buy the cat. It looks like a hybrid to me. I have 1 almost identical which is now 5inches after 12 mth. If I remember correctly it was sent in as a tank bred Multipunctatus but soon lost its white colour.

Brought this down the local fish store, was labbled as an "Upside down catfish", but from what I have seen around I don't think this is the case! as I have a 30 gallon aquarium, just wondering if it will over grow it, as I have other fish too

thanks

I would suggest at least a 50-70 gallon Aquarium as most synoâ??s get quite territorial and need lots of room to patrol .