Catfish

Clarias laeviceps

Fish Reaching Thirty One Point Seven Centimeters in African Waters

Catfish is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 31.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Maximum length: 31.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: C. laeviceps laeviceps : river St. John in Liberia to the Volta in Ghana; also found in the upper Niger in Guinea (Ref. 57129 ). Possibly also in the St. Paul River (Ref. 248 , 13331 ). C. laeviceps dialonensis : rivers coming out of the Fouta Djalon (Konkouré, Kolenté), the upper Senegal River in Guinea and coastal basins in Sierra Leone; endemic to that region (Ref. 57129 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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