Bagarius with 2 adiopse fins?

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Anal fin placement is consistant with that of a Yarrelli.

but I have not been able to find a photo or description of the fish that has the same secondary adiopse. Also note the first adiopse is unusually small in proportion to those seen on other bagarius. Defect or different species? (No it's not from an injury.) thanks

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It looks like the fin was bitten off by another fish, thus leaving what would look like two adiopse fins. Yarrelli's adiopse fin is much bigger than that.

Plus I saw one of 2 ft being sold at my LFS. guy was charging 4500 baht for it (divide by 34 for USD) but it was a bit too pricey. I asked him if he had juveniles but he said that juveniles of this species is extremely hard to care for (I think thats his excuse for not having any juveniles in stock)
 
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