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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clariallabes: Latin, clarias, -a, -um = shining + Greek, allabes, -etos = a fish of the Nile, a kind of lamprey (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614); 3°N - 5°S
Africa: middle Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon (Ref. 78218), Sanaga, Nyong and Woleu/Ntem in Cameroon and Ivindo and Nyanga in Gabon (Ref. 81644). Also reported from the Kienke (= Kribi) in Cameroon (Ref. 51193).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3820)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 70 - 80; Raggi anali molli: 60 - 70. Diagnosis: eyes with free orbital rim; dorsal and anal fins long, 62-72% SL (mean 68) and 45-61% SL (mean 55), respectively, but not fused to caudal fin; skull large and broad, width 71-86% (mean 78) skull length; external mandibular barbel more than half of skull length (Ref. 81644).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Remains of decayed plants and insects have been found in the stomach of a female specimen from central Congo (Ref. 78218).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Teugels, G.G., 1986. Clariidae. p. 66-101. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3820)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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=0.00741 (0.00344 - 0.01597), b=2.97 (2.79 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |