Piraiba pictures
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Doing a little research the one deciding factor is the max size the Capapretum can grow. Most sources say they only grow to 23-24". With the Filamentosum growing 6X bigger at 140" I think you will know when your fish tops out at 24" or grows bigger which one it is..
Hey Wes, I no longer have this cat, sold it to a friend of mine who then grew it out to 22-24" range. Before getting killed by a breeding pair of dovii!
Here's the only pic I have of it before it died. Head & body grew pretty wide and broad.
thanks Chicxulub, has to be one of my favorite catfish species i've ever kept. Very active and would feed from the top as well.
thanks Chicxulub, has to be one of my favorite catfish species i've ever kept. Very active and would feed from the top as well.
Those things are a bucket list fish for me. You're lucky to have had one.
I have what has been deemed a caprepretum 18". Beautiful active fish. Just looked at the picture on the boat and I've noticed that the "nose" everyone talks about on the caps as opposed to the sloped almost undershot jaw of the "filas" is present on this large piraiba. I've seen photos of large slant faced as well as large "nose" bump face. Anyone else have any thoughts on this. I've heard whisker lengths and spot size and everything to determine. But looking at the face of this fish, I don't see the slant faced no nose filamentosum, I see the nose of the "caprepretum"
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What you're describing sounds more like an issue of the fish smashing into the side of the tank rather than a morphological issue. Pics would help.
