Widehead catfish

Clarotes laticeps

Fish Reaching Eighty Centimeters in the Niger Basin

Widehead catfish is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Clarotes
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: present in all Nilo-Sudanese basins, including Chad, Benue, Niger, Senegal, and Volta (Ref. 57126 ). Also in East Africa and Nile basin (Ref. 3236 , 28714 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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