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Clarias
jaensis Boulenger, 1909
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A member of the subgenus Platycephaloides
(Teugels 1986). Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays
(total): 70-86; Anal soft rays: 54 - 71; Vertebrae: 58 - 65.
Colour pattern usually uniform; occasionally a marbled pattern
consisting of various dark brown spots on a light-brown background.
Head long, broad and pointed in dorsal outline. The dermosphenotic
and the supraorbital bones are joined in an early phase of
ontogeny. Frontal fontanelle `sole-shaped'. Tooth plates broad.
Suprabranchial organ well developed although not completely
filling the chamber. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Clarias cameronensis, Clarias
hollyi, Clarias (Clarioides) aboinensis |
Family: |
Clariidae |
Distribution: |
Africa: Southeast
Nigeria, South Cameroon and Gabon. Type locality:
Ja River at Bitye, South Cameroon. |
Size: |
40.0cm. (14ins) |
Temp: |
23-28°C (73-83°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).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa.
A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag
A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p.
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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