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Clariidae
Blotched catfish
Clarias stappersii
Thick white lateral line
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumBlotched catfish is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 41 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Maximum length
- 41 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: Luapula-Moero system (upper Congo River basin), upper Kasai drainage (middle Congo River basin), Kafue River, upper Zambezi system, Cunene River and Okavango (Ref. 248 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
