I'm not sure why you say this but I will refer you back to these pictures of 3-4" which have the exact same body shape and the barring is starting to come in
Those pictures can be found here
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65311
And here is a larger grow out maybe 5-6" with the same body shape as these guys and even more prominent bars.
And those pictures can be found on this thread
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71238 and oh btw this fish also just sold for $1400 a couple weeks ago. Oh course only time will tell but they look like C. intermedia to me.