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| Scientific Name | Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Ja R., s. Cameroon. |
| Synonym(s) | Clarias esamesae, Clarias oxycephalus |
| Pronunciation | klar ee ass |
| Etymology | Clarias: From the Greek chlaros, meaning lively; in reference to the ability of the fish to live for long periods out of water. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 320mm (12.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Clarias species are characterized by having an elongated body; a soft rayed dorsal fin extending to, or nearly to, the caudal fin base; a soft rayed anal fin extending from just behind the anus to the caudal fin base; pectoral fins each with a serrated anterior bony spine; head depressed, covered largely by firmly sutured, surface sculptured bony plates forming a protective helmet; four pairs of flagellate barbels (nasals, maxillaries, inner and outer mandibulars); air breathing organs derived from the 2nd and 4th epibranchials within a superbranchial chamber. Head pointed in dorsal outline; snout short; eyes dorsally located. Frontal fontanelle long and narrow (`knife-shaped'); occipital process long and oval-shaped. The `dermosphenotic' and supraorbital bones joined in specimens over 80 mm SL. Tooth plates small. gill rakers long, slender and distantly set. Suprabranchial organ well developed. Openings of the secondary sensory canals regularly arranged on flanks. |
| General Remarks | Fishbase lists 356 mm TL. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: coastal rivers of south Cameroon (up to the Sanaga river); in the Ogowe system in Gabon and Middle Congo system. African Waters  , Congo, Middle Congo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Gabon Waters, Ogowe (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Suggested Tankmates | Large Cyprinids (Silver Sharks, Tinfoil or Spanner Barbs for example) or Central American Cichlids. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 12 (no. 70) - pp438 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Nov 11 06:16 (species record created: 2003 Oct 08 00:00) |
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