Anyone can identify what kind of Oscar is this?

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deformed short-body mikoljii as other have mentioned is likely at least one of the original breeding stock based on band and spot pattern.
While A. mikoljii was only just recently described in 2022, it has been in the hobby labeled as Astronotus sp. Orinoco, or Astronotus sp. Venezuela for decades and seasonal ships out of Colombia. They have been in the hobby for easily 20+ years. TUIC has sent thousands to the Asian and European farms over the years.
The Araguaia oscar is Astronotus crassipinnis. The orinoco and araguaia are separated by thousands of miles, several mountain ranges, several watersheds, and are on completely opposite sides of the Amazon river with the Orinoco being in extreme northwest South America and draining into the Caribbean Ocean just east of the Trinidad/Tabago Island. vs the Araguaia which is the far Southeast near the Brazilian coastline where starts in Alto Araguaia in Mato Grosso draining into the Tocantins in Para which then heads east to the coast meeting up with the short Para river at Belem and dumping into the Atlantic Ocean.
That was very helpful!
 
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