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(Ref. 137577) FB-pic-293-44266 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg Information Center Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences 2006-04-06 2010-07-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Clfus_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Clfus_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Adults occur in streams, ponds, ditches and reservoirs. They prefer deeper pools and tend to hide under thick mats of vegetation; are nocturnal feeders foraging on small fishes, worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 44091). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106). Kottelat, M. 2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281) FB-DiagnosticDescr-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Dazhi Mao 2001-11-06 00:00:00 2002-11-13 16:37:24 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Nude body without scale, sticky. Yellowish brown or dark gray, white and gray stomach. Lateral white dots on the sides (Ref. 40531). Sometimes confused with the channel catfish, but Clarias fuscus can be differentiated by its rounded tail and long dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 44091). Zheng, W. and J.-H. Pan 1990 Clariidae. p. 290-292. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p. 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Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2016-06-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Asia: China, Taiwan, Philippines (Ref. 41299) and Vietnam (Ref. 44416). Oceania: Hawaii (Ref. 5360). Nakabo, T. 2002 Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866. (Ref. 41299) FB-Uses-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial FAO 1992 FAO yearbook. Fishery statistics: catches and landings. Vol. 70: 1990. FAO Fish. Ser. 38:647 p. (Ref. 4931) FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service 1993 Aquaculture production (1985-1991). FAO Fish. Circ. 815, Rev. 5. 213 p. (Ref. 7306) FB-LifeCycle-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=293&StockCode=307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-18 00:00:00 2000-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public fuscus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Occurs in streams, ponds, ditches and reservoirs. Feeds at night on small fishes, crustaceans and insects. Man, S.H. and I.J. Hodgkiss 1981 Hong Kong freshwater fishes. Urban Council, Wishing Printing Company, Hong Kong, 75 p. (Ref. 5258) FB-Size-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 24.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40531)) Zheng, W. and J.-H. Pan 1990 Clariidae. p. 290-292. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p. (Ref. 40531) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-293-157 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-12-20 00:00:00 2002-12-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=293&StockCode=307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Aeromonosis. Bacterial diseases Center for Tropical Subtropical Aquaculture 1996 Bacterial diseases in Chinese catfish. CTSA Publ. (122):1-2. (Ref. 44978) FB-Diseases-293-9 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-12-20 00:00:00 2002-12-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=293&StockCode=307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Edwardsiellosis. Bacterial diseases Center for Tropical Subtropical Aquaculture 1996 Bacterial diseases in Chinese catfish. CTSA Publ. (122):1-2. (Ref. 44978) FB-Habitat-293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=293 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; freshwater; depth range 3 - ? m