Clarias macrocephalus, Bighead catfish : fisheries, aquaculture

Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864

Bighead catfish
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clarias: Greek, chlaros = lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water.
More on author: Günther.

Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution Écologie

; eau douce; saumâtre benthopélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 1 - ? m (Ref. 9987). Tropical; 34°N - 4°N

Distribution Territoires | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia: Thailand to Viet Nam. Introduced to China, Malaysia, Guam and the Philippines.

Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm ?, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9987); poids max. publié: 45.0 kg (Ref. 9987)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0. Distinguished from Southeast Asian congeners by an extremely short and rounded occipital process and by a very high dorsal fin. The combination of these characters are diagnostic for the species (Ref. 33566). Occipital process wide, broadly curved, with length 3-5 times in its width; distance between dorsal and occipital process 5-7 times in distance from tip of snout to end of occipital process (Ref. 43281).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Lives in lowland wetlands and rivers (Ref. 57235). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Occurs in shallow, open water and is capable of lying buried in mud for lengthy period if ponds and lakes evaporate during dry seasons (Ref. 9987). Can move out of the water using its extended fins (Ref. 9987). Found in medium to large-sized rivers, stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals and flooded fields of the Mekong (Ref. 12975). Spawns in small streams (Ref. 9987). Feeds on aquatic insects, young shrimps and small fishes (Ref. 6459). In Thailand, it was thought wrongly as female of Clarias batrachus (Ref 2686). Important foodfish and in pond cultures (Ref. 57235). Marketed live, fresh and frozen; consumed fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). Cultivated on a small scale but attempts to farm it are increasing (Ref. 9987).

Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Eggs are attached to the roots of plants. Male takes charge of these eggs until they are hatched out.

Référence principale Téléchargez vos références | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Teugels, G.G., R.C. Diego, L. Pouyaud and M. Legendre, 1999. Redescription of Clarias macrocephalus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from South-East Asia. Cybium 23(3):285-295. (Ref. 33566)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 17 January 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquaculture: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles

Indice de diversité phylogénétique
(Réf. 82804)
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00851 (0.00493 - 0.01469), b=2.97 (2.82 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique
(Réf. 69278)
3.7   ±0.58 se; based on food items.
Résilience
(Réf. 120179)
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Assuming tm=1; Fec=800-14,000).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche
(Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (63 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix
(Ref. 80766)
Unknown.
Nutriments
(Ref. 124155)
Calcium = 16.9 [7.6, 71.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.76 [0.42, 1.38] mg/100g; Protein = 16.4 [15.4, 17.5] %; Omega3 = 0.114 [0.052, 0.270] g/100g; Selenium = 111 [45, 288] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.1 [5.4, 48.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.565 [0.400, 0.811] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.