Another catfish from Kwanza river. Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
Please help me with the identification: https://marcoarruda.blogspot.com/
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x9jLH4mU4I0/ ... mensis.JPG
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RF6wkCIspxg/ ... mensis.JPG
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Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
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Re: Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
Hi Marco1980,
I don't know how to key out the Clarias catfish, but according to GBIF, the only specimens stored from the Luanda region are . You have to get pretty far East to encounter .
Did you collect your fish in the Luanda area?
Cheers, Eric
I don't know how to key out the Clarias catfish, but according to GBIF, the only specimens stored from the Luanda region are . You have to get pretty far East to encounter .
Did you collect your fish in the Luanda area?
Cheers, Eric
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Re: Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
Yes I did Eric. But on fishbase that species is also present on Kwanza River, so, loking for the longer snout I think it's not a C. gariepinus.
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Re: Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
This specimen looks really malnourished, so ID on body proportions is skewed. I’d not be confident of an ID unless from a Clarias expert.
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Re: Is this a Clarias ngamensis?
Hi. I would say that it's not ngamensis based on the lack of an adipose fine (from what I can see in the photograph). Ideally one would also need to examine the vomerine toothpad. In ngamensis it is relatively deep, generally ovoid in shape and possesses blunt teeth.
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