Platyallabes tihoni

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Platyallabes tihoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Platyallabes
Poll, 1977
Species:
P. tihoni
Binomial name
Platyallabes tihoni
(Poll, 1944)
Synonyms

Gymnallabes tihoniPoll, 1944

Platyallabes tihoni is the only species in the genus Platyallabes of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. [2] This species is found in the Malebo Pool. [2] P. tihoni has a body plan that is intermediate to the generalized, fusiform (torpedo-shaped) type such as Clarias species and the anguilliform (eel-shaped) type such as Gymnallabes . [3] This species is known to grow up to 52.8 centimetres (20.8 in) TL. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Platyallabes tihoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T182369A7871734. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182369A7871734.en . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.232.798 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  3. ↑ Devaere, Stijn; Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter (2005). "Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)". Journal of Natural History. 39 (19): 1653–1673. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.596.7003 . doi:10.1080/00222930400020103.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Platyallabes tihoni". FishBase . December 2011 version.


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