Please Help Me ID this Catfish!!!!!

[jardini715]

Can anyone tell me what kind of Catfish this is? THX!!! It is shiny, foil looking all over the body and it has a tail like a Tig. Sorry for the crappy pix.

 

[peewee]

brachyplatystoma flavicans

 

[weirdfishlover]

Nice B.Flavicans U got there do be careful to pad the tank as they are skittish fellas and will bang the glass at any cost. Watch out not to damage the snout as it is one of the reasons they die

 

[baby bass]

it looks lik one from river monsters haha

 

[peewee]

not a piraiba but gets huge nevertheless.

 

[jardini715]

Is this fish rare 2 get? How much do they usually run?

 

[jardini715]

here is another picture of the cat

 

[xaznkewlguyx]

or dourada cat..

Looks like big-sav's tank too lol.

 

[peewee]

at my LFS (i'm from the far east by the way) a 7 incher would cost around 150 to 180 USD. yes, pretty pricey but looks beautiful.