Bathyclarias

Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa. Several are components of local commercial fisheries.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyClariidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations1

Observations recorded1,261

Vissen Bathyclarias is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de kieuwzakmeervallen (Clariidae). Soorten Bathyclarias atribranchus (Greenwood, 1961) Bathyclarias euryodon Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias foveolatus (Jackson, 1955) Bathyclarias filicibarbis Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933) Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933) Bathyclarias rotundifrons Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias worthingtoni Jackson, 1959

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 13
Family: Clariidae
Collections: USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in: Malawi

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Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa. Several are components of local commercial fisheries.

== Species == There are currently contains eight recognized species: Bathyclarias atribranchus (Greenwood, 1961) Bathyclarias eurydon P. B. N. Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias filicibarbis P. B. N. Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias foveolatus (P. B. N. Jackson, 1955) Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933) Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933) Bathyclarias rotundifrons P. B. N. Jackson, 1959 Bathyclarias worthingtoni P. B. N. Jackson, 1959

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