I need to identify this catfish from Peru

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I need to identify this catfish from Peru

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Hello friends, this is my first letter in the forum. I have many species of Peru to identify. You can help me?. this is first. Thanks!
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Catfish from Corrientes river, Loreto, Peru
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Re: I need to identify this catfish from Peru

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This looks a lot like Auchenipterus ambyiacus
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Hookery wrote:Hello friends, this is my first letter in the forum. I have many species of Peru to identify. You can help me?. this is first. Thanks!
Welcome to PC btw and let's have those pictures! :D
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I keyed it out in the Ferraris and Vari revision as Auchenipterus brachyurus.
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Silurus wrote:I keyed it out in the Ferraris and Vari revision as Auchenipterus brachyurus.
If you don't mind me asking: which keys did you use to come to that conclusion (or: where did you look at specifically)?
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Re: I need to identify this catfish from Peru

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I already compared it with a specimen of Auchenipterus brachyurus, but it is not, there is remarkable differences.

Marc, I do not have information of Auchenipterus ambyiacus! :(

excuse my bad English
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Re: I need to identify this catfish from Peru

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Hookery wrote:I already compared it with a specimen of Auchenipterus brachyurus, but it is not, there is remarkable differences.
That's odd. Usually HH is very, very good in ID-ing. Are you sure that your reference (brachyurus) is the genuine species?
Hookery wrote:Marc, I do not have information of Auchenipterus ambyiacus!


If you send me your email address, I'll send you the PDF of the article HH refers to (the Ferraris & Vari Auchenipterus Revision), which I got through him btw.
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