| Family: |
Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes) |
| Max. size: |
11.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: known only from the holotype from Cameroon (unspecified locality)(Ref. 81644). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 84; Anal soft rays: 60. Diagnosis: eyes with free orbital rim; dorsal and anal fins long (69% and 55% SL, respectively) and partially fused to the caudal fin; skull short but broad, being almost as broad as long (skull width 90% skull length); external mandibular barbel of equal length as skull (Ref. 81644).
Description: known only from the holotype; slender and markedly elongate body (abdominal depth 8% SL); pectoral spine about half pectoral fin length and slightly serrate along posterior margin; barbels long, maxillary barbel longer than skull (about 130% of skull length), external mandibular barbel of equal length as skull; other barbels shorter than skull; premaxillary tooth plate about 4 times longer than wide; orbits surrounded by free margin (Ref. 81644).
Coloration: body pinkish brown, pale ventrally; fins brown; lower half of caudal fin darker than upper half (Ref. 81644). Preserved specimen: greyish brown, slightly paler ventrally and in tail region; fins pale brown (Ref. 81644). |
| Biology: |
Apart from the original description nothing is known about this species (Ref. 78218). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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