Hassar or Nemadoras?

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Hassar or Nemadoras?

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Hassar or Nemadoras?
Hi,i bought this as Hassar sp ,what do you think?

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N.Leporhinus - a speculative ID based on scute size, head shape, proportion of the eye within the head
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The maxillary barbels are fringed, so this should be Hassar, not Nemadoras (which have simple maxillary barbels).
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Silurus - many of the Nemadoras photos in cat-e-log have fringed maxillary barbels - i am presuming that these are incorrectly identified & are indeed Hassar?
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Thanks :D
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