Clarias
buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
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Possess accessory breathing
organs which allow survival for long periods out of water. Can
'walk' on land using its pectoral spines as support. No dorsal
spine. Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 57
- 68; Anal soft rays: 43 - 53; Vertebrae: 50 - 52. Head rather
rectangular in dorsal outline; snout broadly rounded. Frontal
fontanel long and narrow (`knife-shaped'); occipital fontanel
oval-shaped. The `dermosphenotic' and supraorbital bones are fused.
Pectoral spine slightly curved, showing strong downward pointed
serrations on its inner side and relatively small downward pointed
serrations on its outer side. Openings of the secondary canals
of the lateral line appear as irregular white spots on the body. |
| Common
Name: |
Büttikofer's
Clarias |
| Synonyms: |
Clarias
macromystax, Clarias angolensis, C. bulumae, C. liberiensis, C.
guineensis, Clarias dorsimarmoratus |
| Family: |
Clariidae
blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Comoe River, Côte d’Ivoire, to Guinea Bissau. Type
locality: Buluma, Liberia. |
| Size:
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17cm.
(6¾ins) |
| Temp: |
20-27°C
(67-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
| Reference: |
Froese, R. and
D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic
publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2009).
Dankwa, H.R., E.K. Abban and G.G. Teugels 1999
Freshwater fishes of Ghana: identification, distribution, ecological
and economic importance Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool. 283:53
p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
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Family:
Clariidae
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