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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Uegitglanis: Uegit = a pool in Uegit, Somalia + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. This fish was found in a pool associated with a spring (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano né Tedesco (1890–1959) (Zammarano was his stepfather’s name) was an Italian traveller, zoologist, cartographer, geographer and hunter, who was involved with the Museo Civico di Milano. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical; 10°N - 0°N
Africa: caves near the Uegit and the Uebi Scebeli rivers in Somalia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3820)
Cave-restricted species. Depth of water at type locality was 1.25 m. The temperature was 24°C, pH 8 and the hardness 300mg/l Ca. To date there are no other data available on the biology of the species (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
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.6 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 (10 of 100). 🛈 |