Clarias Maclareni

📖 Overview

Facultative air-breathing ; Lacustrine species living in deeper as well as in shallow waters . Larger specimens feed mainly on fish, especially Cichlidae; small specimens feed on insect larvae, Chironomids-Odonata .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62 - 77; Anal soft rays: 52 - 57. Diagnosis: long and narrow, "knife-shaped" frontal fontanel , 2.5-3.0 times as long as wide . Tooth plates remarkably broad; median vomerine tooth plate length strikingly shorter than premaxillary length . Vomerine tooth band very short, length 2.0-5.0% HL (mean 3.3), clearly shorter than premaxillary tooth band . Head rectangular in dorsal outline , relatively large (HL 25.3-27.6% SL, mean 26.4) and wide (width 18.6-20.9% SL, mean 19.8) . Supraorbital and "dermosphenotic" never sutured; reduced suprabranchial organ . Pectoral spine serrate only along anterior margin; flank neuromasts arranged in a regular pattern; postorbital bones not in contact; eyes laterally positioned, interorbital width 44.5-49.0% HL, mean 47.3; 14-16 rakers on 1st gill arch . Coloration: preserved specimens dark reddish brown on back and flanks; ventrum and lower parts of paired fins pale .: elongated; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Clarias Maclareni is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 6°N - 4°N endemic to Lake Barombi-Mbo in Cameroon (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 9 records indexed .

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