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Clariidae
Clarias dumerilii
Clarias dumerilii
Thirty Point Five Centimeters Catfish of the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumClarias dumerilii is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Maximum length
- 30.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin (Ref. 248 ), restricted to eastern Kasaï, Aruwimi basin and Upper Congo (Ref. 101841 ). Also reported from the Cueve (=lower Cuvo) and Kunene in Angola (Ref. 120641 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
