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| Scientific Name | Clarias batu Lim & Ng, 1999 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Sungai Baharu, on right side of Tekek-Juara trail, towards Juara, Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia. |
| 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 | 305mm (12") 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. Possess the following unique combination of character states: body slender, body depth at anus 9.0-11.4% in SL; distance of occipital process to dorsal fin origin 9.9-11.8% in SL; dorsal and anal fins separate from caudal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: endemic to Pulau Tioman, Malaysia. Malaysia Waters, Pulau Tioman Island Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Largely carnivorous, subsisting on small fish, crustaceans and insects. |
| Furniture | Found in freshwater sections of torrent streams, in clear, cool, fast flowing water over a substrate of sand, rocks and large granite boulders. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Raffles Bull. Zool. No. 6 (Suppl.) 157 Figs. 1, 2, 4a, 5a, 7 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Nov 28 06:42 (species record created: 2006 Nov 25 12:00) |
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