Biology:Clarias brachysoma

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Short description: Species of fish

Walking catfish
Clarias brachysoma.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. brachysoma
Binomial name
Clarias brachysoma
Günther, 1864

Clarias brachysoma (walking catfish) is a species of fish in the family Clariidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are rain forest streams and lowland rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

It grows to a length of 40 cm. During mating season, spawning occurs in nests among weeds in very shallow water. Then the male guards the nest and young until reaching about 1 cm in length.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Mystus cavasius" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3757867 entry