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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Platyallabes: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, allabes, -etos = a fish of the Nile, a kind of lamprey (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: L Tihon was Director, Laboratory of Industry and Commerce, Leopoldville (Kinshasa), Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical; 4°S - 5°S
Africa: lower Congo River basin, Pool Malebo (=Stanley Pool) (Ref. 78218) and the lower reaches of the Middle Congo River, just upstream of Pool Malebo (Ref. 104438).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3820)
No real information available on the biology of this species. Apparently live in crevices between stones and rocks where they burry themselves in the substrate (Ref. 78218).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [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). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |