Any ideas on this big Peru Brachy?

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eczs-1
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Any ideas on this big Peru Brachy?

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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 my partner knows them very well as he sends them weekly. Any ideas would be helpful. This cat is 18 inches+.
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Re: ANY IDEAS ON THIS BIG PERU BRACHY?

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What's wrong with
Brachyplatystoma platynemum
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eczs-1
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Re: Any ideas on this big Peru Brachy?

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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
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Re: Any ideas on this big Peru Brachy?

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Hi John, are more and perhaps better pics possible? I am curious too.
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