Biology:Alluaud's catfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Allauad's catfish
The fishes of the Nile (Pl. LIII) (6815501884) Clarias alluaudi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. alluaudi
Binomial name
Clarias alluaudi
Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms
  • Clarias hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1911

Allauad's catfish (Clarias alluaudi) is a species of fish in the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes. It is native to the lakes and rivers of East Africa.[1]

This fish reaches 35 centimeters in length.[2] It is often found in swampy waters amongst water lilies and papyrus, where it feeds on insects and crustaceans.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Clarias alluaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60771A47214531. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60771A47214531.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60771/47214531. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Clarias alluaudi. FishBase. 2015.

Wikidata ☰ Q3232130 entry