Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)

Family:  Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Max. size:  52.8 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: lower Congo River basin, Pool Malebo (=Stanley Pool) (Ref. 78218) and the lower reaches of the Middle Congo River, just upstream of Pool Malebo (Ref. 104438).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  No real information available on the biology of this species. Apparently live in crevices between stones and rocks where they burry themselves in the substrate (Ref. 78218).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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