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| Scientific Name | Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897 |
| Common Name(s) | Slangbaber, Snake Catfish |
| 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 | 313mm (12.3") 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: Zambezi, Kafue and Shire Rivers; Upper Congo system; Lakes Tanganyika, Bangweulu, Kobo, Niumbe, Mweru and Malawi; Chobe, Okavango and Cunene Rivers; Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi Rivers and Zimbabwean tributaries of the Limpopo River; Incomati, Pongolo and Umgeni rivers and Lake Sibaya in Natal. African Waters  , Zambesi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Zambesi, Kafue (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Zambesi, Shire (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Upper Congo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Western Rift Valley Lakes, Tanganyika (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Mweru , Luapula, Bangweolo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Konkouré (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Mweru (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Zambesi, Malawi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Zambesi, Chobe (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Okavango (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cunene (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Pungwe (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Save, Lundi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Limpopo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Incomati (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Pongolo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Umgeni (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 | |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Dec 21 21:39 (species record created: 2010 Jan 27 15:51) |
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