Upside down catfish?

[nemo1981]

i was in my lfs today, and i saw these catfish which were only labelled as ''upside down catfish''<
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>there was 4 in the tank, 3 juvies and 1 adult.<
>the juvies appeared to have a leopard skin pattern and the adult more spotted.<
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>i''ve just found that they''re called Synodontis Catfish.<
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>just thought this a little intriguing and bizarre.<
>anyone keep these fish?  

I don''t have any yet but will soon. I have a mate who bought about 15 at about 2cm. It was funny because at that size they swam the "right way up" and schooled predominantly. Then after having them about 2 months they flipped over and started swimming upside down and no longer tended to school, spending most of their time in 2 or 3''s or even off by themselve''s. Anything that spends most of it''s life going against the norm is sweet to me. <
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[jamosfish]

I have one at the moment, mine likes to hide alot.<
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>They are one of the strangest catfish i have ever seen!<
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>jamos<
> Edited by: jamosfish at: 16/1/05 17:52<
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[Anakist]

S.nigriventris<
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>www.google.com/search?hl=...is&spell=1<
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>I was told the ze
a ones are a rarer colour morph.<
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>James Rockhampton QLD<
>ja_mez(AT)hotmail(DOT)com<
>0408 189 343

[Alan Caboolture]

Yes,  interesting, specialist fish!!  They are real good mozzie hunters. They will survive on floating prepared food, but if you have ideas of
eeding, bettter grow some mozzie lavae<
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>Alan<
> When life gives you lemons ask for a bottle of tequila & salt.<
>The only danger I find in life is to take too many precautions<
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Iv''e known they go after mozzie larvae for ages and never thought to feed them it.....   <
>Do you feed the mozzie larvae at night? (ain''t no way my tetra''s will let any thru to the cats)

[Otorix]

Have a look at the Wetpetz site www.wetpetz.com/index.html<
>They have a section there on all different types of fish - there is one there on upside down catfish.

[waltec]

I have also seen S.Eupterus labeled as USD catfish?<
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>The true Upside Down catfish is quite fascinating<
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>Matt

One wholesaler consistently sends featherfin syno as upside catfish. There been doing it for 12 months that i know of. Makes for bloody cheap featherfins