New Cat. Please Help.

[tokyogasmask]

Hi.
Picked up what was sold to me as a "Wild caught Tiger Shovelnose" today.

It is around 3" at the moment and in a growout with some other baby monsters such as a Giant Snakehead and a Spotted Gar.

Wanted a little conformation on what type of shovelnose it is as I read there are a few types. Cheers.

Here are some pics:

 

[Cichla dude]

Looks like Jurense or Piraba to me.

 

[tokyogasmask]

Here are some more pics that might help:

 

[wow]

I don't know what it is, but I know that I want him in my tank.

 

[sbuse]

looks kinda like a small tig with big eyes...not 100% sure...as it is not a jurunese or a tig as they have beaty little eyes and this one has x-ray specks...the head stucture and tail say to me that it is in the same family as them though....

my offical id would be Brachyplatystoma vaillantii

 

[jclyde13]

Definitely one of the larger Brachyplatystoma sp., I would guess B. platynemum.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=679

 

[tokyogasmask]

Definitely one of the larger Brachyplatystoma sp., I would guess B. platynemum.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=679

WOW!
Nice one mate, I think you could be right you know!

 

[sbuse]

Definitely one of the larger Brachyplatystoma sp., I would guess B. platynemum.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=679

if you look closer to it the b. platynemum has a tig like small eye and a whiter belly...now if you look at the eye of the Brachyplatystoma vaillantii you will see the eye is larger more like the op's fish and the entire body has a "crome" sheen

 

[jclyde13]

if you look closer to it the b. platynemum has a tig like small eye and a whiter belly...now if you look at the eye of the Brachyplatystoma vaillantii you will see the eye is larger more like the op's fish and the entire body has a "crome" sheen

I see what you mean about the eyes, but the head shape of the B. vaillantii looks way off to me. The two that I think look the most similar to the OP's fish are the B. platynemum and the Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, and now that you mention the size of the eyes, I think it is the B. rousseauxii.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=944

To the OP, I hope you have a big enough tank/pond to house this monster:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?species=brachyplatystoma+rousseauxii&image_id=6203http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/brachyplatystoma_rousseauxii.php

 

[sbuse]

I see what you mean about the eyes, but the head shape of the B. vaillantii looks way off to me. The two that I think look the most similar to the OP's fish are the B. platynemum and the Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, and now that you mention the size of the eyes, I think it is the B. rousseauxii.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=944

To the OP, I hope you have a big enough tank/pond to house this monster:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?species=brachyplatystoma+rousseauxii&image_id=6203

i have to agree on the B. rousseauxii...i thought the head shape was off aswell, but i couldn't get the rousseauxii to load on my computer, but it worked through you link for some reason...so going off what i could see that was the closest match...

so for the id after being able to see the profile it is B. rousseauxii 100%

it is just a wee lil cat at a meer 6' 2" for its max size...