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| Scientific Name | Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Monsembé, Upper Congo. |
| Synonym(s) | Clarias ekibondoi, Clarias varispinis |
| 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 | 376mm (14.8") 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 central Congo basin. Also recorded from the Lower Ntem River Basin African Waters  , Ntem (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Lower Congo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Middle Congo (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 | Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) v. 2 (fasc. 2) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Jun 21 03:18 (species record created: 2008 Jun 20 02:14) |
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