Biology:Clarias dayi

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Short description: Species of catfish

Clarias dayi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. dayi
Binomial name
Clarias dayi
Hora, 1936

Clarias dayi is a species of airbreathing catfishes within the genus Clarias. It is found in bodies of water within the Wyanad Hills in Kerala, India [1] Its distribution is unlike C. dussumieri, which instead of being constricted to a certain area, is found in most bodies of water throughout the district.[2]

References

  1. Lakra, W. S.; Sarkar, U.K.; Gopalkrishnan, A.; Kathirvelpandian, A. (2010). , Threatened Freshwater Fishes of India,. Lucknow: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resource. p. 11. 
  2. Binoy, V. V. (1 January 2010). "Catfish Clarias is vanishing from the waters of Kerala". https://www.academia.edu/2110252/Catfish_Clarias_is_vanishing_from_the_waters_of_Kerala. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5726935 entry