Id this catfish ...

[michel janio li]

Hi guys ... I just got this catfish and I have no idea which catfish is that ... I know that it came from Tapajós river ... Thanks ..

 

[michel janio li]

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
Very nice fish

 

[moe214]

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
Very nice fish

+1

 

[michel janio li]

I had a Vaillantii before, but the head looks bigger ..

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

well the one you have now is small, as it grows its head will too

 

[michel janio li]

Thanks mate

 

[moe214]

well the one you have now is small, as it grows its head will too

Vaillantii was the first thing that popped up in my head, I saw a pic of a claimed one in a recent thread that looked like the fish originally shown, but then there were others posted that were also claimed to be vaillantiiand were obviously different. Hence my hesitation to post what I thought it was. Don't think we know what true one looks like, may have to look at taxonomic descriptions and go from there to ID if they can be found. But the two fish posted are different, head proportions, eye placement and size mouth shape, whisker length, number of whiskers. In short, idk what either fish posted is truly lol.
thebiggerthebetter what's your thoughts?

 

[michel janio li]

Another pic ... A close one to its head ..

 

[fishnatics]

Love the long whiskers.