FB-2111 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Clariidae Clarias Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895 Ngoo Abugu Gol Gwol Vere Vering 喀麥隆鬍鯰 喀麦隆胡鲶 Clarias breviceps Boulenger, 1900 Clarias curtus Matthes, 1964 Clarias duchaillui Fowler, 1915 Clarias dumerilii (non Steindachner, 1866) Clarias lazera (non Valenciennes, 1840) Clarias liocephalus (non Boulenger, 1898) Clarias lualae Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 Clarias monkei Keilhack, 1910 Clarias ngola Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920 Clarias nigeriae Popta, 1919 Clarias noensis Boulenger, 1908 Clarias platycephalus (non Boulenger, 1902) Clarias poensis Boulenger, 1908 Clarias submarginatus (non Peters, 1882) Clarias submarginatus thysvillensis David & Poll, 1937 Clarias walkeri Günther, 1896 1991-02-15 2024-01-22 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. 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Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2024-01-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Data on the diet of C. walkeri (=C. camerunensis) showed larvae of mayflies, chironomids, and caddis insects to be the main food of small and middle-sized specimens (Ref. 248). Stomach content analysis showed presence of practically everything edible from plant remains, insects and their larvae to fish remains (Ref. 78218). 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-2111 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-27 00:00:00 2017-09-19 20:17:23 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Diagnosis: body less elongate, its maximum depth 11.9-16.4% SL (m=14.1); head length 21.0-26.0% SL (m=24.1) (Ref. 57129, 81644). Head rectangular dorsally; snout extremely broadly rounded; eyes more laterally placed (Ref. 248). Interorbital distance 45.4-54.3% HL (m=48.8) (Ref. 57129, 81644). Tooth plates extremely broad (Ref. 248), width of premaxillary tooth plate 30.4-38.9% HL (m=34.9), and of vomerine tooth plate 26.1-33.9% HL (m=29.7)(Ref. 57129, 81644). Frontal fontanel long and narrow; occipital fontanelle long and oval-shaped (Ref. 248). Supraorbital and "dermosphenotic" bones separated in specimens up to 200 mm SL, in larger specimens they usually become joined (Ref. 248, 101841)). 7-13 (Ref. 57129, 81644) or 7-14 (Ref. 101841) gill rakers on first gill arch. Suprabranchial organ well developed (Ref. 248, 101841). Pectoral spine slender, its outer side showing strong downward serrations (Ref. 248, 81644). Dorsal fin length 59.5-67.9% SL; distance from dorsal to caudal fin 1.2-4.3% SL (Ref. 57129, 101841). Flank neuromasts arranged in a regular pattern (Ref. 81644).Colouration: no information on colour in life (Ref. 57129, 101841). Preserved specimens: dark brown on back and sides and pale brown to beige/whitish on belly; pectoral and pelvic fins sometimes with a pale distal band; caudal fin sometimes with alternating light and dark vertical bars (Ref. 57129, 81644). Never an irregular pattern of small white spots on body (Ref. 101841). 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-2111 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-27 00:00:00 2017-09-19 20:17:23 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 94; Analsoft rays: 52 - 70; Vertebrae: 56 - 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-2111 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2022-09-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 Africa: from Volta basin in Ghana (Ref. 57129) and coastal rivers in Togo to the lower and middle Congo River basin (Ref. 248); also reported from the upper Congo (Ref. 106245). Widespread in Lower Guinea, from the Cross in Nigeria and Cameroon to the Loémé in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81644). 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-TrophicStrategy-2111 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 camerunensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Feeds on fish and insects (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-2111 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2024-01-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 46.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57129)) Teugels, G.G. 2003 Clariidae. p. 144-173 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57129) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-Diseases-2111-1369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2004-12-20 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=2111&StockCode=2309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Astiotrema Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Diseases-2111-1575 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-07-21 00:00:00 2005-07-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=2111&StockCode=2309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Ergasilus Disease 7. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Paperna, I. 1996 Parasites, infections and diseases of fishes in Africa. An update. CIFA Tech. Pap. No. 31. 220 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 45600) FB-Diseases-2111-1554 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-06-17 00:00:00 2005-06-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=2111&StockCode=2309 Myxidium Infection 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Paperna, I. 1996 Parasites, infections and diseases of fishes in Africa. An update. CIFA Tech. Pap. No. 31. 220 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 45600) FB-Diseases-2111-1371 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-01-11 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=2111&StockCode=2309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Quadriacanthus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Habitat-2111 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-15 00:00:00 2024-01-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2111 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; freshwater