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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; monsembulai: Named in honour of Raoul Monsembula Iyaba, professor of biology, University of Kinshasa, for collecting the type series of this species, and in recognition of his substantial contributions to central African ichthyology (Ref. 127574).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: Momboyo, Luilaka, Salonga and Yenge river systems within the Cuvette Centrale of the middle Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 127574).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 127574)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 78 - 86; Radios blandos anales: 53 - 64; Vértebra: 58 - 61. Diagnosis: Clarias monsembulai can be distinguished from all congeners, with the exception of C. buthupogon, by its exceptionally long maxillary barbels, 60% of standard length or greater, vs. maxillary barbels less than 60% of standard length, usually considerably less (Ref. 127574). It differs from C. buthupogon in the absence of fine, pale spots over the surface of the body and by an exposed bony surface of the cleithrum reaching 14-20% of head length, vs. cleithrum deeply imbedded in soft tissue with only a narrow bony ridge visible externally (Ref. 127574). Clarias monsembulai can be further differentiated from C. angolensis, the species with which it shares closest phenotypic similarity, by longer nasal barbels, 37-51% of standard length vs. 22-34%; longer internal mandibular barbels, 29-37% of standard length vs. 16-27%; longer external mandibular barbels, 45-57% of standard length vs. 24-40%; and by the colouration of maxillary barbels which are white or cream-coloured distally over more than half of their length vs. brown or grey over more than half their length (Ref. 127574).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Bernt, M.J. and Stiassny M.L.J., 2022. A new species of air-breathing catfish (Clariidae: Clarias) from Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3990:1-20. (Ref. 127574)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00776 (0.00372 - 0.01620), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |