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Parailia congica Boulenger, 1899

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Description: 4 pairs of barbels. Habitat: Schooling species, confined to larger rivers; most active during the night. Aquarium Care: Better to be kept in groups of at least four as they will not do too well as solitary animals. Quite a delicate catfish for the aquarium so would need good filtration and water changes adhered to. Reproduction: Oviparous, eggs are unguarded. Diet: In its natural habitat it feeds mainly on aquatic and small terrestrial insects. In the aquarium, Daphnia and frozen mosquito larvae. Etymology: The specific name congica: Referring to the origin of the type material of this species, the Congo Basin.

Common Name:

African glass catfish

Synonyms:

Parailia congiga, P. longifilis

Family:

Schilbeidae

Distribution:

Africa: Congo Basin. Type locality: Ebinga (rivière du lac Léopold II).

Size:

9.0cm. (3½ins)

Temp:

23-26°C (73-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

IUCN Red List

The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern. Needs updating (IUCN 2010).

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
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 (11/2009).
Moelants, T. 2010. Parailia congica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.

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Parailia congica

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