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| Scientific Name | Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Doumé, Ogôoué, Congo. |
| Synonym(s) | Chlarias angolensis macronema, Clarias lindicus, Clarias obscurus, Clarias zygouron |
| 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 | 900mm (35.4") 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: in the Congo system, in the Ogowe river, in the Sanaga river, in the Wouri river, in the Cross river and in the coastal rivers of Nigeria and Benin Republic. Reported from Luongo River, Congo system, Zambia African Waters  , 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)African Waters , Cameroon rivers, Sanaga (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cross, Wuori (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cross (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 | Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 3 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Jun 22 03:22 (species record created: 2008 Jun 19 16:23) |
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