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| Scientific Name | Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Common Name(s) | Mudfish |
| Type Locality | Nile R. |
| Synonym(s) | Clarias budgetti, Clarias hasselquistii, Clarias parvimanus, Clarias senegalensis, Silurus anguillaris |
| 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 | 1000mm (39.4") 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: lower and middle Nile; Chad system including the Logone and the Shari rivers; Niger and Benoue river systems; coastal rivers of Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire; Gambia and lower Senegal rivers; Volta system; relict populations occur in Mauritania and southern Algeria. African Waters  , Nile, Lower Nile (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nile, Middle Nile (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Chad (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nigeria Rivers, Niger (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nigeria Rivers, Niger, Bénoué (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Gambia (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Sénégal (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Volta (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds mainly on fish and mollusks; also crustaceans, diatoms, detritus and bottom organisms. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 305 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Aug 04 09:03 (species record created: 2005 Aug 27 00:00) |
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