S. Robertsi

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 04 Apr 2003, 00:56

At my Local fish store i 'm pretty sure there are about 6 S.Robertis or maybe S.Schoutedeni. The price is only £2.95 each! I was talking to one of the sale's people and he say's that's the price for dwarf Syno's? Is it a good price for this Syno?

Thanks.
Graeme.

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Apr 2003, 01:00

If they are indeed S. robertsi, that is a very, very good price.
If they are S. schoutedeni, somewhat on the cheap side (they're only a wee bit more expensive in the US), but nothing to shout about.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 04 Apr 2003, 15:59

Also check the picture of S. soloni in the Cat-eLog to see if they're that. Silurus told me the photo of robertsi in Axelrod's Atlas is actually soloni, which explains a lot.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 04 Apr 2003, 16:15

Well i was lucky! Only one left in the shop. Â£2.99 he cost me. Here's a Picture.

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Apr 2003, 16:27

That's definitely not S. robertsi. Too young at this stage to tell, but it looks very much like S. eupterus, I'm afraid.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 04 Apr 2003, 16:55

Bah!! Oh well he's a cool little Syno. Here's another Picture.

Post by **Dinyar** » 04 Apr 2003, 20:33

That's a baby S. eupterus.

Dinyar

DeLBoD · Post by **DeLBoD** » 04 Apr 2003, 21:38

quote: Graeme Bah!! Oh well he's a cool little Syno.

For now yes.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 05 Apr 2003, 01:32

I reading some very differant views on the Featherfin Syno. On about how they get aggresive with other Bottom living fish. Any info please!

Thanks.
Graeme.

Post by **Silurus** » 05 Apr 2003, 04:24

I guess it depends on the individual temperament of the fish. I had a singleton in a 45 gallon that was extremely well-behaved towards tankmates.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 05 Apr 2003, 05:01

I was thinking with him being just a baby he will grow with others around him and not act aggresive to them. Like you say's HH maybe older one's will act more edgy with the moves around tanks and young one's will settle.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 05 Apr 2003, 06:40

Question solved!

Graeme.

Post by **Dinyar** » 05 Apr 2003, 06:55

As Synos go, S. eupterus is a fairly peaceful fish. At least mine have been. Their large adult size is a bigger issue.

Dinyar

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 09 Apr 2003, 16:05

I could be wrong, but I think it's a koensis, which is what my two 'robertsi' seem to be.

Post by **Silurus** » 09 Apr 2003, 16:12

Got a pic? We can verify.

Post by **Dinyar** » 09 Apr 2003, 16:47

Chrysichthys wrote:I could be wrong, but I think it's a koensis, which is what my two 'robertsi' seem to be.

I'm confused. Which/whose fish does your "it" refer to?

Dinyar

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 09 Apr 2003, 21:47

There is'nt much info on the S.koensis. It Looks similer.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 16 Apr 2003, 15:52

The one in Graeme's picture (although the link's not working right now). It looks very similar to S. koensis as seen in the Cat-eLog and in Sands's guide to Asian and African cats. I bought two of them, sold as S. robertsi.

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Apr 2003, 03:48

The fish in the Cat-eLog and the Sands book are not the same species, and both are not S. koensis either. The fish in the Sands book is most probably S. tourei, which contrary what Sands says, is distinct from S. koensis. The fish in the Cat-eLog is difficult to identify, but I must say that except for slight variation in the color pattern, it looks strikingly like the drawing of the lectotype of S. schoutedeni in Poll.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 17 Apr 2003, 18:53

The tourei in the Cat-eLog doesn't look much like the so-called koensis in Sands's book, though.

I have an alleged shoutedeni which looks much more like the S.greshoffi in the Cat-eLog. However, that doesn't match the photo of gresshoffi in Sands's book either.

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Apr 2003, 19:14

The tourei in the Cat-eLog comes from the Aqualog Photo Atlas, which is wrong as usual. I'm not too sure what the Aqualog tourei actually is.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 17 Apr 2003, 19:29

I wouldn't mind getting one, whatever it is.

Post by **Silurus** » 18 Apr 2003, 04:33

I have an alleged schoutedeni which looks much more like the S. greshoffi in the Cat-eLog. However, that doesn't match the photo of greshoffi in Sands's book either.

The greshoffi in the Sands book is correctly identified. The one in the Aqualog Photo Atlas used in the Cat-eLog isn't. It's S. afrofischeri. The pic of S. afrofischeri in Aqualog and the Cat-eLog is actually an emaciated S. batesii. My, what a tangled web we weave. Jools, you getting all this?
Anyways, do you have a pic of the greshoffi/schoutedeni and the koensis/tourei?

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 18 Apr 2003, 23:14

Now this is where my own opinion was valed. In the opening post i questioned. Very interesting!!

Graeme.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 23 Apr 2003, 12:06

Sorry, no pics because I don't have a digital camera. I think I'll just take the critters at face value; I've had them way long enough not to worry about any special requirements.