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Luna 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2013-03-20 21:29:42 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Lacks pigment. Lives in caves (Ref. 248) and is adapted to life underground (Ref. 78218); over shelves in open, clear water. Feeds on bat droppings, animal carcasses and terrestrial insects that fall into the lake (Ref. 7248). Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of the African species of the genus <i>Clarias</i> (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-27 00:00:00 2013-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Devoid of pigment. Eyes extremely small; covered with skin; dorsally located. Head rectangular in dorsal outline; snout broadly rounded. Frontal fontanelle long and narrow; occipital fontanelle long and oval-shaped. Supraorbital and `dermosphenotic' bones fused. Premaxillary tooth plate rather broad. gill rakers long, slender and distantly set. Suprabranchial organ greatly reduced. Openings of the secondary sensory canals regularly arranged along flanks. Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of the African species of the genus <i>Clarias</i> (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248) FB-Morphology-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-27 00:00:00 2013-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 71 - 76; Analsoft rays: 66 - 61 Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of the African species of the genus <i>Clarias</i> (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248) FB-Distribution-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2017-07-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Africa: known only from the type locality, Aigumas Cave, North Otavi, Namibia. Major threat is depletion of ground water (Ref. 7248). Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of the African species of the genus <i>Clarias</i> (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248) FB-Uses-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2013-03-20 21:29:42 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. (Ref. 2060) FB-TrophicStrategy-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-27 00:00:00 1999-12-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public cavernicola http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Described from caves in South-West Africa. Feeds on insects and worms (Ref. 248). Teugels, G.G. 1986 A systematic revision of the African species of the genus <i>Clarias</i> (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248) FB-Size-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2013-03-20 21:29:42 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 16.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7248)) Skelton, P.H. 1993 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers. 388 p. (Ref. 7248) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2106 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2013-03-20 21:29:42 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2106 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses demersal; freshwater