False Piraiba Catfish Brachyplatystoma capapretum

The False Piraiba Catfish, also called the Dark-caped Goliath Catfish and the Peru Piraiba Catfish, is native to deep rivers and lakes of the Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru, South America. It is visually similar to the Paraiba Catfish, with similar habits (and used to be thought the same species). Juveniles are spotted.