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Clarias
ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920
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Karsten Mody (2)
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Relevant Information: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal
soft rays (total): 72 - 89; Anal soft rays: 55 - 71; Vertebrae:
59 - 64. Head oval-shaped in dorsal outline; snout slightly
rounded; eyes dorsally located. Frontal fontanelle short and
squat; occipital fontanelle rather long and oval-shaped. The
`dermosphenotic' and supraorbital bones are joined. Tooth plates
small. Suprabranchial organ not well developed. Openings of
the secondary sensory canals regularly placed on flanks. Occurs
in lagoons and coastal rivers and feeds on insects, mollusks
and crustaceans. Remarks: The species in the
thumbnail images were captured and photographed by the image
contributor from the Côte d'Ivoire Tai National Park,
2005. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Clarias dahomeyensis |
Family: |
Clariidae |
Distribution: |
Africa: Coastal
rivers and logoons from Nigeria to Côte d'Ivorie, western
Africa. Type locality: Eau stagnante près
Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire. |
Size: |
25cm. SL. (10ins) |
Temp: |
20-25°C (68-77°F) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Froese, R. and D. Pauly.
Editors. 2009. FishBase.World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version (11/2010).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of
the African species of the genus Clarias (Pisces; Clariidae).
Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. |
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