Alluaud's catfish

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Allauad's catfish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. alluaudi
Binomial name
Clarias alluaudi
Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms
  • Clarias hilgendorfiBoulenger, 1911

Allauad's catfish (Clarias alluaudi) is a species of fish in the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes. It is native to the lakes and rivers of East Africa. [1]

This fish reaches 35 centimeters in length. [2] It is often found in swampy waters amongst water lilies and papyrus, where it feeds on insects and crustaceans. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Clarias alluaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T60771A47214531. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60771A47214531.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Clarias alluaudi. FishBase. 2015.


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