Clarias
meladerma Bleeker, 1846
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Can walk and leave the
water to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary breathing
organs. Dorsal spines (total): 0. Anterior edge of pectoral spine
strongly serrated; head length (from tip of snout to extremity
of occipital process) 4.0-4.3 times in SL; blackish body. Lives
in lowland wetlands, bogs and peats. Found in swamps with slightly
acidic water. Occur in standing water habitats. Marketed fresh.
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| Common
Name: |
Blackskin
catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Clarias melanosoma,
Clarias
melasoma, Clarias melanoderma
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| Family: |
Clariidae
blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Mekong River basin, and Sumatra, Borneo and Java, also the Philippines.
Type locality: Batavia. |
| Size:
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30cm.
(12ins) |
| Temp: |
20-27°C
(67-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.2-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Kottelat, M.
2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5,
Sri Lanka. 198 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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 Clarias
meladerma
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