It is appx 12 total length.
Ive seen these fish before, on a fishing program the guy caught them near the outflow of a slaughter house in manaus he said the locals called them Heki does that ring any bells with anyone?

what is this big doradid? please help its not a niger or megladoras.

Have they got white patches in random places on their bodies. If yes then i have just experienced this disease and unfortunately it wiped out a good few of my fish before i had it under control. I lost a megladoras, a juruense cat, two uarus, and about 10 characins of various types. My mistake was ...

I dont think it is M.Iheringi as the head patern isn't dark enough. I dont think it is a bufonis either as the tail isn't forked enough. I've got loads of microglanis and they all get labeled up as bumblebee catfish or M.Iheringi when they could be any of several different types of microglanis. I ...