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ID of twenty Synodontis

Posted: 23 Oct 2022, 16:32
by kiwidu21
Hello,
I continue the identification posts with, this time, 20 synodontis. The previous owner bought them as S. njassae. I have some doubts for some who have much smaller dots and for another who has very few dots (S. nigrita?). They are about 3 years old and measure between 7 and 15 cm. I also post a photo of the ventral part for each individual in order to sex them (if possible of course). As they are very vivid, I made videos hoping that the quality would be good enough.

Synodontis n°1:
https://youtu.be/oN2WUNVvtNg[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°2:
https://youtu.be/nWv6lMpEYtU[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°3:
https://youtu.be/TRR9by1fBIQ[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°4:
https://youtu.be/C8z4TJTMcKo[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°5:
https://youtu.be/fdYPz8bgoEk[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°6:
https://youtu.be/1MFSiy3O2s8[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°7:
https://youtu.be/HUrhj7MgDpU[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°8:
https://youtu.be/7w6BW37OIY8[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°9:
https://youtu.be/ZqjZ2hvfL28[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°10:
https://youtu.be/-2JrM1x1yjA[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°11:
https://youtu.be/lybseNjF0yM[/youtube]
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Syndontis n°12:
https://youtu.be/G4bKw85ognM[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°13:
https://youtu.be/puHmuWsOLv8[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°14:
https://youtu.be/9j8zfvnVE7Q[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°15:
https://youtu.be/baV3nkbok04[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°16:
https://youtu.be/YtyXWYInt1M[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°17:
https://youtu.be/cfddYD0rnT4[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°18:
https://youtu.be/C6qwlhWDXbo[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°19:
https://youtu.be/aEMA_gKArrU[/youtube]
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Synodontis n°20:
https://youtu.be/umdb6LsWwH0[/youtube]
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Thanks

Re: ID of twenty Synodontis

Posted: 23 Oct 2022, 20:25
by Kryptic
All 20 of them are hybrids, between which species, I can’t tell for sure.

Re: ID of twenty Synodontis

Posted: 24 Oct 2022, 03:40
by kiwidu21
Thanks that's what I was afraid of. So is it possible for them to reproduce? I don't want to release hybrids so I will have to separate the sexes if they are able to reproduce.

Re: ID of twenty Synodontis

Posted: 24 Oct 2022, 08:51
by Jools
Yes they can reproduce but you don't have to worry about this happening in an average aquarium.

Joos