My egg laden S. berdmori

[mickthefish]

how big are your two girls Graeme?, i reckon mines about 5 to 5 1/2 inch SL at the moment, i want to keep her till she gets full size, if ever
10 inches is one humungous fish.

mick

[Graeme Robson]

Around the same size Mick, something like 4.5 to 5 inches SL. I have a couple of males which are around 5.5 to 6 inches SL. As soon as they start reaching the 6 inch mark we know they are looking big buggers. Hey Mick do you remember that amazing huge specimen that Neil had in? That was one hell of a fish!!

[mickthefish]

i know mate, but Andy isn't sure wether it was a berdmori or a different sp all together?.
my memory ain't that good but i remember it's size, i think it went down to plymouth.

mick

[piggy4]

What struck me about the one at Pier Aquatics was that it was fully spotted ! BUT looking at these two females I notice the spots seem to be around the caudal area too, perhaps the spots will eventually cover the whole body ?

Though there are fully spotted Berdmorhae , I've got four ! they are different to Mick and Graeme's type !

The one at Pier was about 8 inches NICE!

[Graeme Robson]

Yeah, what struck me the most about it was the pure size with added girth of the body, stunning! I think it looked like a Syncrossus berdmorei with the spots being on the large side compared with the Syncrossus beauforti having smaller peppered spots on them. Anyways, i sure of hell would of liked to of took that specimen home with me.

Go point Andy, perhaps the Syncrossus berdmorei do get covered with the spots once they get over the 7 inch mark.