another catfish pickup..brachyplatystoma platynema

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3'-4' in the wild. Very widely spread throughout Amazon and Orinoco basins.

In private hands, perhaps a handful of 2'-ers can be supposed to exist... I've only seen one or two in pictures.

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/brachyplatystoma-platynemum/

http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=679