Biology:Alluaud's catfish
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Short description: Species of fish
Allauad's catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Clarias |
Species: | C. alluaudi
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Binomial name | |
Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Clarias alluaudi. FishBase. 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q3232130 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluaud's catfish.
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