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Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840

Image contributors to this species:

Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia (2)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Occurs in peats, lakes and lowland forest streams. A slender eel-type walking catfish and found in well shaded forest streams and swamps with acidic waters. Colouration: Dark brown with several vertical rows of off white spots; fins dark. Diet: Omnivorous, mainly smaller fishes, benthos and plant matters. A carnivorous species which feeds at night. Etymology: The specific name nieuhofii: In honour of Johan Nieuhof (1618–1672), Dutch East India Company, who described and illustrated this species in 1682 (but later examination of Nieuhof’s illustration reveals it is a different species).

Common Name:

Slender walking catfish

Synonyms:

Clarias gilli, Clarias pentapterus

Family:

Clariidae

Distribution:

Asia: Sumatra, Kalimantan, India, Thailand and the Philippines (Sudarto et al., 2004); Coastal and, probably, Mekong side of Cardamom Range, Cambodia.

Size:

40.0cm. (16ins)

Temp:

23-28°C (73-83°F)

p.H.

6.5-8.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (08/2012).
Mekong River Commission., Field guide to Fishes of the Mekong Delta. May 2008, 288 p.
Kano Y, Adnan MSB, Grudpan C, Grudpan J, Magtoon W, Musikasinthorn P, Natori Y, Ottomanski S, Praxaysonbath B, Phongsa K, Rangsiruji A, Shibukawa K, Shimatani Y, So N, Suvarnaraksha A, Thach P, Thanh PN, Tran DD, Utsugi K, Yamashita T (2013) An online database on freshwater fish diversity and distribution in Mainland Southeast Asia. Ichthyological Research 60: 293-295.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Clarias nieuhofii

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