Hi all picked this guy up to today I'm really happy with him.
Brachyplatystoma capapretum new pick up
- Thread starter tony tropical
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Cool. In my book, you have seriously lucked out and got a true piraiba aka B. filamentosum (12' max) and not the false piraiba aka B. capapretum (4' max).
Very nice. Where from tony? I think that this is a cappa with the larger spots myself. Great cat either way! Keep up the updates with growth and behavior
Lovely specimen. Thank you for sharing.
Pier Aquatics is a famous place and I'd normally trust their ID. (Is the guy's name Neil?)
But this strikes me as the true piraiba in the body and head shape. The spots on capapretum at that size are significantly bigger and fewer than this fish displays.
We on MFK, as a community at large, have learned of the difference between filamentosum and capapretum and how to ID relatively recently, within the last 5 years.
I could be wrong still. I wish others chimed in to help you (which you may not need), Daz, and me.
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Pier Aquatics is a famous place and I'd normally trust their ID. (Is the guy's name Neil?)
But this strikes me as the true piraiba in the body and head shape. The spots on capapretum at that size are significantly bigger and fewer than this fish displays.
We on MFK, as a community at large, have learned of the difference between filamentosum and capapretum and how to ID relatively recently, within the last 5 years.
I could be wrong still. I wish others chimed in to help you (which you may not need), Daz, and me.
GiantFishKeeper101
Rpul
vincentwugwg
H
HELIOX
fishtankphil
Tripletail
Very nice fish and great spotting on him. As far as its specie it looks more like a capa then piariba. I find that piariba has a longer snout the capa(motas) but i could be wrong too...lol. time will tell what u truly have but if they said its a capa then most likely it is but I've been wrong before.Lovely specimen. Thank you for sharing.
Pier Aquatics is a famous place and I'd normally trust their ID. (Is the guy's name Neil?)
But this strikes me as the true piraiba in the body and head shape. The spots on capapretum at that size are significantly bigger and fewer than this fish displays.
We on MFK, as a community at large, have learned of the difference between filamentosum and capapretum and how to ID relatively recently, within the last 5 years.
I could be wrong still. I wish others chimed in to help you (which you may not need), Daz, and me.
