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Scientific Name | Clarias dhonti (Boulenger, 1920) |
Common Name | |
Type Locality | Kabeke, a village 30 miles south of Tumbwe, on the Niemba River, near west coast of Lake Tanganyika. |
Synonym(s) | Allabenchelys dhonti |
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 | 185mm or 7.3" 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. |
Sexing | The genital papilla, which is to the right of the anus as you look at the fish with its head to the left, is elongated and pointed in males while it is round and relatively larger (and larger than the anus) in females. In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Africa: known only from the Niemba River and the Koki River, west of Lake Tanganyika (Democratic Republic of the Congo). African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Lukuga, Niemba (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Western Rift Valley Lakes, Tanganyika, Koki (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
Husbandry Information | |
Suggested Tankmates | Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids. |
Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1919 (pts 3-4) (art. 25), pp 402, Fig. 8. |
Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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LFS label creator ARN ref:1.6.8.2531 | |
Last Update | 2020 Oct 28 13:33 (species record created: 2010 Aug 07 13:09) |