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Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866
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Clarias angolensis, Angolian walking catfish : fisheries, aquarium
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Clarias angolensis Steindachner , 1866

Angolian walking catfish Upload your photos  and  videos
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clarias: Greek, chlaros = lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water .
More on author: Steindachner .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 9.0; dH range: 15 - 40. Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060 ); 3°N - 5°S

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Africa: lower and middle Congo River basin including Ubangi and Kasai drainages (Ref. 248 ); also reported from the Maiko-Loboya in lower Lualaba (Ref. 106245 ). Also present in lower Ogooué in Gabon, Kouilou and Chiloango in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81644 ) and Cuanza and Chiloango in Angola (Ref 120641).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3820 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-84; Anal soft rays : 55 - 69. Diagnosis: head length 22.3-27.1% SL (Ref. 101841 ). Head pointed in dorsal outline; snout slightly rounded; eyes dorsally located (Ref. 248 ). Interorbital distance 41.4-48.6% HL (Ref. 81644 , 101841 ). Tooth plates relatively small (Ref. 248 ), width of premaxillary tooth plate 24.3-30.7% HL, and of vomerine tooth plate 20.9-27.5% HL (Ref. 81644 , 101841 ). Maxillary barbel length 105.1-195.3% HL; outer mandibular barbel length 95.0-134.5% HL (Ref. 81644 , 101841 ). Nasal barbel length 72.1-130.2% HL; inner mandibular barbel length 72.4-108.9% HL (Ref. 81644 ). Frontal fontanelle long and narrow (`knife-shaped'); occipital fontanelle oval- shaped and relatively large; supraorbital and the `dermosphenotic' joined by a common suture in specimens over 70 mm SL; dorsal and anal fin nearly reaching caudal fin, but not confluent; gill rakers long and slender, increasing with age (Ref. 248 ). Openings of secondary canals along lateral line visible as irregularly placed white spots on the body (Ref. 248 , 81644 ). Pectoral spine strongly serrated on outside and inside (Ref. 81644 , 101841 ). Surface of cleithrum exposed through skin is intermediate; inner angle formed by both paired bones sharp; cleithrum length 13.0-18.6% HL; dorsal fin length 65.1-73.8% SL; distance from dorsal to caudal fin 0.9-2.7% SL (Ref. 101841 ). 10-23 gill rakers on first arch (Ref. 81644 ). Colouration: preserved specimens with uniform colouration; dorsum, flanks and dorsal parts of paired fins dark brown, ventrum and ventral parts of paired fins pale brown to grey (Ref. 248 , 81644 , 101841 ). Some specimens may show irregular pattern of small white spots on body (Ref. 101841 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274 ); Inhabits rivers, lakes and swamps. Feeds on a variety of food like algae, plants, Hydracarina , larvae of Ephemeroptera, Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, remains of remains (Coleoptera) and fish remains (Cichlidae, Anabantidae) (Ref. 248 ). Maximum size reported in Lower Guinea is 317mm TL (Ref. 81644 ).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Teugels, G.G. , 1986. A systematic revision of the African species of the genus Clarias (Pisces; Clariidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 247:199 p. (Ref. 248 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: ; aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00465 - 0.01558), b=2.97 (2.81 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.3   ±0.46 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown .

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