Clarias pachynema

Clarias pachynema

Catfish in the Sanaga Basin

Clarias pachynema is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 35.6 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Maximum length: 35.6 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: from the coastal rivers of south Cameroon (up to the Sanaga river) southwards to the Ogooué system in Gabon and the middle Congo basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 78218 ). Outside this area also reported from the Lualaba/upper Congo (Ref. 106245 ), the Kouilou-Niari in Republic of Congo (Ref. 92841 ), the Niger Delta (Ref. 57129 ) and Cross River in Nigeria (Ref. 31256 , 57129 ), and from the Chad (Ref. 13331 ). A report from the Oueme River in Benin needs confirmation (Ref. 57129 , 81644 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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