What kind of catfish do I have?

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Tacoeater

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Bought them both in September, both about 1.5" long, one has tripled in size compared to the other one. male and female maybe?
 
Synodontis euptera or synodontis nigrita would be my guess. Both look very similar and are very popular in fish stores. If is was labeled as lace catfish or synodontis lace is is probably nigrita. probably Synodontis euptera now that i look closer with the really high dorsal fin.
 
Thanks guys, yes it has a very large fin when fully extended. I bought these as pictus catfish from my lfs in September and as they started growing I knew something was not right. Now it makes sense knowing what they are. Now the only thing that bothers me is that I just read that they get pretty big and I only have a 60 gallon tank.
I payed under $3 bucks for them as pictus, so I guess I got a good deal on them since I see them going from $15-18 bucks each.
 
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