/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/batu/1.jpg "Clarias batu")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Clarias batu Lim & Ng, 1999 |
| Common Name | |
| 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 or 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. |
| 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 | Asia: endemic to Pulau Tioman, Malaysia. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Pulau Tioman Island Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Largely carnivorous, subsisting on small fish, crustaceans and insects. User data. |
| 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. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 6, pp 157, Figs. 1, 2, 4a, 5a, 7. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.6.8.389 | |
| Last Update | 2019 Sep 18 01:01 (species record created: 2006 Nov 25 12:00) |
