Wrong color, too heavy in the body, does not lift off the ground on it's pelvic fins, and my partner sent me 20 of them in the shipment with this cat. He knows and ships all the cats in Peru, but he and our fisherman who caught it don't have an idea on ID

I imported this guy a few weeks ago and even my partner is not sure what it is. When it came off the river he said it had some white stripes. Right now, it is still dark with some white on the whiskers and pale stripes under the black. It is not a jurense, head seems different like a goslinea, and ...

Thanks very much for the info. I did not know triactis had varying morphs.

John

I get triactis on a weekly basis but they do not look like this. Is this some locality variant?

Just got a small batch of these plecos in. Never seen this one before. Any help figuring out what it is would be a great help.

I have these arriving soon and I am having a lot of trouble finding out exactly what they are. The river names are cory altum and Intuto.
Any help in a correct ID would be appreciated.

Can anyone give me an idea on what this pleco is? I have a group coming soon and was told they are from Brasil. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
John

Here are 2 new pictures of the cats. Now acclimated and eating blackworms like pigs.
Only 5pcs left.

John

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I have 8 of these in stock right now and ready to ship.Pictures are from when they arrivede and now are in pristine condition. Sizes are 2.5 -6"+ and these came directly from my station in the Congo.
I ship via air cargo only with UPS door to door possible ...

Yeah, unfortunately these did come directly from Colombia and I have the documents to prove it.Don't see how you could have hybrids like this in the wild.Never saw a TSN x RTC until they produced them in Asia and I am sure that is not done naturally.

We got in a group of cats shipped in as tiger shovelnose.
Not in this world are these tigers. These are 5-6" long.
These came direct from Colombia and are not Asian hybrids.If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

Problem is one of a commercial nature.The fisherman is setting a very high price.I have to determine if the fish is worth it, which is why I am trying to find out through this forum which has some of the best catfish experts in the world. Then, you have to have enough people who can pay the price ...

True, but I own the business in Peru and a whole crew of specialized fishermen work exclusively for us.Very different from the rest of the exporters in Iquitos so I do get exact information when I need or request it.

We are talking about 2 different rivers about 700 miles apart here in 2 different ...

I imported for some time from Belem and had a shipper that specialized in the rarest fish for the Japan market and they never came up with that one.I even got the red stripped anostomus at one time out of the xingu.
I have no reason to doubt the locality I was given.Also, there have not been any new ...

That's the one.
So how about some info on it?Where did you get the one in the pictures?

Thanks for all the thoughts.
The fish is in my facility in Peru.Many of our fishermen work only for us and I do have control over getting locality info on different stuff.In the past, I have also been sent pictures of the areas where the fish have been found.
L46 comes in all the time as do several ...

I have no clues.Our fishermen bring in new stuff all the time and especially when they go to new areas.
Trying to get any info on this thing as it may turn out to be the most expensive pleco in the world if I have to go with the fisherman's price!!

My partner just got this pleco in from one of our fishermen. Can anyone give me an ID on this?It is 5cm and was caught at the Yavari River on the border of Brasil and Peru.