ARE THESE SYNODONTIS NJASSAE?

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ARE THESE SYNODONTIS NJASSAE?

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Person I got them from doesn't know what they are. Found a sketch online and they look nearly identical. l've attached a picture of the catfish and the sketch I found. Need species confirmation🙏
Any help is appreciated. From what l've read there's two varieties large and small dot.
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This does not look like
Synodontis njassae
. The adipose is much too large for a start. I a sure others will weigh in but this looks more like a
Synodontis eupterus
hybrid to my eye.
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Shane’s right but I’d say
Synodontis batensoda
based on the thickened barbels which used to be enough to see this species placed in a different genus and are not a feature I have seen in hybrids.




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Looking at both the above photos and pictures on site I think Jools is correct. Nice fish, but they get very big.
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