Petricola Synodontis
The spawning clinch follows a period of excited chasing from the male fish with the eggs being deposited on the substrate or in a cave.
Petricola synodontis. Best kept a group of 4 or more as single specimens are often very secretive. Some people regard synodontis as being rabid killers but if kept with malawi cichlids or larger american cichlids they do quite well. Native to lake tanganyika in eastern africa this species is rare and highly sought amongst aquarists.
Most catfishes are discovered within the african rivers lekini and malebo. Meet the synodontis catfish. The others also being tanganyikan synodontis species.
Synodontis petricola history and description. Synodontis petricola belongs to the family of variegated catfish. They are often confused with synodontis multipunctatis which comes from the same african lake.
In the aquarium well conditioned s. Synodontus petricola unsexed tank raised endemic to lake tanganyika. These fish are tan in color with black spots white whiskers and white rimmed black fins.
Syno petricola are renowned as the most peaceful of the syno species and with their inquisitive nature they benefit. Choose tankmates carefully for this small species. Petricola will breed via the egg scattering method.
Its natural habitat is the freshwater reservoirs of cameroon and the republic of congo. One of the most. Synodontis petricola also known as the pygmy leopard catfish is a catfish which grows to a length of approximately 4 inches.
It is usually an open spawning egg scatterer but it is also one of the few fish known to exhibit a method of spawning known as brood parasitism. The beauty of the synodontis catfish is best revealed in solitary confinement. This fish is widely found in the water bodies of chad sudan ghana cameroon nigeria.
Petricola is actually bred quite often in aquaria. It was first described by belgian ichthyologist hubert matthes in 1959. With beautiful finnage and a relatively gentle temperament synodontis catfish are omnivorous scavengers that will eat algae pellets flakes and even live food if they re larger than it.
This species has a large dorsal fin similar to a veil and an unusual skin color. As the synodontis eggs hatch more quickly than the cichlid eggs the young catfish consume all the cichlid eggs leaving the unsuspecting adult cichlid to guard the catfish fry as if they were its own. Unlike the majority of the genus s.
Synodontis petricola known as the cuckoo catfish or the pygmy leopard catfish is a species of upside down catfish endemic to burundi zambia the democratic republic of the congo and tanzania where it is only known from lake tanganyika. She is bluish with a lot of black dots. Can be kept with many different species due to its adaptability regarding water chemistry.
Maximum standard length 4 5 great addition to a community of hard water cichlids ideally mouthbrooding species of rift lake origin.
