Catfish ID

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Within my limited knowledge, this species is the largest freshwater fish kept by a hobbyist, barring perhaps an arapaima. Michael Bryce (aka Arapaimag) has raised a female leerii to over 5' (his male is ~4.5').

They are fascinating. Much luck with yours and I hope to see great many updates too.
 
Attu is thought to be the largest.....but after looking at max size both leeri and Attu reach about same max size least listed by planetcatfish...either way gator gars are known t get that size if not bigger and have couple of those mosters already (33" and 20") in a pond with this guy meeting up soon
 
Great.

I am unsure if it was clear but I am talking about current reality, that is facts, again, based on my little knowledge and experience :)

I am not talking about max sizes on paper but real fishes in real people's care.
 
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