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Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846 |
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Zhou Hang (1) |
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Can walk and leave the water to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary breathing organs. Description: Dorsal spines (total): 0. Anterior edge of pectoral spine strongly serrated; head length (from tip of snout to extremity of occipital process) 4.0-4.3 times in SL; blackish body. Habitat: Lives in lowland wetlands, bogs and peats. Found in swamps with slightly acidic water. Occur in standing water habitats. |
Common Name: |
Blackskin catfish |
Synonyms: |
Clarias melanosoma, Clarias melasoma, Clarias melanoderma |
Family: |
Clariidae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Mekong River basin, and Sumatra, Borneo and Java, also the Philippines. Type locality: Batavia. |
Size: |
30.0cm. (12ins) |
Temp: |
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20-27°C (67-81°F) |
p.H. |
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6.2-7.0. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary
types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
Family: Clariidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails |
 Clarias
meladerma |
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