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  • Clarias werneri(1) Rufiji River, Tanzania - Click to enlarge
    Rufiji River, Tanzania
  • Clarias werneri(2) Rufiji River, Tanzania - Click to enlarge
    Rufiji River, Tanzania
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Scientific Name Clarias werneri  Boulenger, 1906     
Common Name(s) None
Type Locality Buganga, Lake Victoria.
Synonym(s) Clarioides werneri
Pronunciation klar ee ass - ver ner eye
Etymology Clarias: From the Greek chlaros, meaning lively; in reference to the ability of the fish to live for long periods out of water. 
Jump to next section Species Information
Size 230mm (9.1") 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.
Jump to next section Habitat Information
Distribution Africa: Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Edward and Tanganyika. Reported from Bahr el Jebel in Sudan
African Waters Show it on a map , Western Rift Valley Lakes, Tanganyika Show it on a map  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Western Rift Valley Lakes, Victoria Show it on a map  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Western Rift Valley Lakes, Albert Show it on a map  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Nile, Upper Nile, White Nile, Kyoga Show it on a map  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Jump to next section Husbandry Information
Suggested Tankmates Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids.
Breeding Unreported.
Jump to next section Further Information
References Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 17 (no. 102)
Registered Keepers None. Add this species to your My Cats species list Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports None.
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Last Update 2008 Dec 27 01:47 (species record created: 2008 Dec 21 02:02)

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