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Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) > Claroteinae
Etymology: Gephyroglanis: Greek, gephyra = bridge + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: central Congo system (Ref. 78218), but also reported from the lower Congo (Ref. 1879) and the Lualaba (Ref. 3236, 106245).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3236)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 126 [74, 259] mg/100g; Iron = 1.37 [0.84, 2.13] mg/100g; Protein = 16.8 [15.8, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.294 [0.128, 0.681] g/100g; Selenium = 70.1 [31.6, 174.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33.9 [14.1, 74.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.49 [1.05, 2.05] mg/100g (wet weight);