Wolf ID Australis or Brasiliensis?

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Picked this guy up last year about April off of CL as a common. He is 12" now and I know he is not a Mala anymore. Has 5 pores 42 LL scale count and some unique colors. Has almost a metallic line that runs with his LL. Just would like to get a positive ID on him.IMG_20160109_121222232.jpg IMG_20160108_171610439.jpg IMG_20160101_142738475.jpg IMG_20160106_120327799.jpg IMG_20160106_120354623.jpg
 
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Australis it is. Brasi overlaps though. Usually brown in color and angular head. This is not.
 
It got attention and members looked at it. Wolves are hard to ID and lot of opinions get put out. Except for braveheart there isn't a lot of people "qualified" to do this including myself. No disrespect to other members. Plus I just make up everything as I go lol.
 
The Brasiliensis got my attention! This "kno4te" knows his wolves, by the way is there any members own Brasiliensis???
 
There was one years ago. Not sure what happenee to the member and the fish. It's in some old posts. Will try to find a link.

Thanks dragonfirehead but I wish I was that good. Still learning with you and the rest of the members.
 
As kno4te said, we are all learning as we go, this is a group of fish that needs work, a big part of the reason there isn't a sticky for them, they're a hard group, for these rarer species, we are almost guessing as of now, using what we can gather and narrowing it down and making a decision that may or may not be accurate. Only the distinct species can we give a positive ID on.
 
Wolves are frustrating.

This wolf looks just like a wolf sold to me from a reliable source labeled Brasiliensis.
 
They can be for sure!

I would say that if it's a brasi then it has to be small. The smallest of the hoplias species. If it's bigger than 10 inches then can't be brasi.

Keep ur wolf for a while and if grows too big then it's maybe something else. Since there's overlap with LL/pores it can be tough. That's one way to tell.

Where did u get the brasi from, if u don't mind me asking DB?
 
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