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| Scientific Name | Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Cameroon. |
| 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 | 143mm (5.6") 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: coastal rivers Kribi (Kienke) and Lobé/Lobi, and rivers Boumba and Lobi (Dja system, middle Congo River basin) in Cameroon. Further also reported from Luongo River (upper Congo River basin) in Zambia, Caprivi in Namibia and Ehoma floodplain in Nigeria. African Waters  , Cross, Kribi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cross, Lobé (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Luongo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cameroon rivers, Dja, boumba (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Zambesi, Caprivi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cross, Ehoma Floodplain (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 | Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1882 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jan 21 02:53 (species record created: 2010 Jan 27 15:48) |
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