Clarias planiceps

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Clarias planiceps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. planiceps
Binomial name
Clarias planiceps
H. H. Ng, 1999
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Holotype (Jul. 1994)
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Paratypes (1956-1996)
Clarias planiceps (Borneo)

Clarias planiceps is a species of clariid catfish from Borneo. It is known from tributaries all over Sarawak, and possibly up to Kapuas Hulu Regency. [1]

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Habitat & distribution

It can be found in slower parts of relatively fast-flowing streams with mud or sand as substrate. The holotype has been described from Belakin, with paratypes found all over Sarawak's first, second, and third division [2]

Characteristics

Collected in 1994, the holotype was noted to be of 106.5 mm in length (10.65 cm) from skull to caudal fin, with 97 corresponding paratypes ranging from 46.9 to 297.3 mm (4.7–29.73 cm), therefore possibly including juveniles. The diagnosis of this species are defined by the following characters: [2]

Other noticeable features also include:

Preserved specimens have been noted to be of darker purplish-brown, with the common paler underside. A row of faint and small white spots also runs along the body below the lateral line, with another 10-14 transverse rows extending towards the upper part of the body. Dorsal and anal fins are of body color, with pelvic and pectoral fins opaque white, somewhat translucent.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ng, H.H. (2019). "Clarias planiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T91226603A91226613. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91226603A91226613.en . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 Ng Heok Hee (1999). "Two New Species of Catfishes of the Genus Clarias from Borneo (Teleostei: Clariidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 1999 47(1): 17-32. H. H. Ng. Retrieved 11 April 2023.