Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928)

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Clarias eupogon : Norman, 1928 a : 105 (senior synonym)Two new fishes from Lake Victoria. | David, 1935 b : 105 (senior synonym)Die Entwicklung der Clariiden und ihre Verbreitung. Eine anatomisch- systematische Untersuchung..
Xenoclarias eupogon : Greenwood, 1958 b : 322, fig. 1A new species and genus of cat-fish (Pisces, Clariidae) from the deeper waters of Lake Victoria. | Corbet, 1961 : 75The food of non-cichlid fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin, with remarks on their evolution and adaptation to lacustrine conditions. | Gee, 1969 a : 255A comparison of certain aspects of the biology of Lates niloticus (Linne) in some East Africa. | Cordone & Kudhongania, 1970 a : 28Identification of organisms in Lake Victoria responsible for echosounder traces. | Gee, 1970 : 28Notes on the genus Xenoclarias (Greenwood). | Bergstrand & Cordone, 1971 : 13Exploratory bottom trawling in Lake Victoria. | Khalil et al., 1973 : 231Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. | Kudhongania & Cordone, 1974 a : 15Batho-spatial distribution pattern and biomass estimate of the major demersal fishes in Lake Victoria. | Gee, 1975 : 201The genus Xenoclarias (Pisces : Siluriformes) in Lake Victoria, with a redescription of Xenoclarias eupogon and notes on the biology of the species. | Rinne, 1980 : 579Notes on the occurence and biology of Xenoclarias Greenwood (Siluriformes, Clariidae) in lake Victoria, East Africa. | Benda, 1981 : 609A comparison of bottom trawl catch rates in the Kenya waters of Lake Victoria. | Teugels, 1986 a : 10134. Clariidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 147An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Eccles, 1992 : 69FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Poll & Gosse, 1995 : 197Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. | Goudswaard & Witte, 1997 : 21, 22, 34-35, 36, 37, 38, 39The catfish fauna of Lake Victoria after the Nile perch upsurge. | Seegers et al., 2003 : 38Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). | Ferraris, 2007 : 153Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 279, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. | Nyingi, 2013 : 84, fig.Guide to common freshwater fishes of Kenya. | Okeyo & Ojwang, 2015 : 163A photographic guide to freshwater fishes of Kenya..
Xenoclarias holobranchus : Greenwood, 1958 b : 322 (junior synonym)A new species and genus of cat-fish (Pisces, Clariidae) from the deeper waters of Lake Victoria. | Corbet, 1961 : 75 (junior synonym)The food of non-cichlid fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin, with remarks on their evolution and adaptation to lacustrine conditions. | Gee, 1970 : 28 (junior synonym)Notes on the genus Xenoclarias (Greenwood). | Gee, 1975 : 201 (synonymy with X. eupogon) (junior synonym)The genus Xenoclarias (Pisces : Siluriformes) in Lake Victoria, with a redescription of Xenoclarias eupogon and notes on the biology of the species. | Rinne, 1980 : 579 (junior synonym)Notes on the occurence and biology of Xenoclarias Greenwood (Siluriformes, Clariidae) in lake Victoria, East Africa..
Xenoclarias spp : Okemwa, 1981 b : 192 (ambiguous, other synonym)A preliminary survey of the fishes and limnology of Lake Kanyaboli and Lake Sare in Western Kenya..

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Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : Lake Victoria deepwater catfish (English), Voorsäga (Estonian), Victoriankonnamonni (Finnish) .
Conservation : species possibly extinct .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Victoria, occuring in the deeper waters .
Food habits : entirely insectivorous, with preference of Chironomidae over Chaoboridae larvae, but fish remains have also been found .
Food habits_references : Gee, 1975 .
Habitat / home range : inhabits deeper areas of Lake Victoria (10 to 79 m); mostly found over muddy bottoms, not far from steep, rocky zones where it is believed to breed .
Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 .
Parasites : Khalil & Thurston, 1973 .
Size : 209 mm SL .
Types :
- Clarias eupogon Norman, 1928 a: 105. Type locality: "Lake Victoria, Rusinga Channel". Holotype BMNH n° 1928.5.24: 57.
- Xenoclarias holobranchus Greenwood, 1958 b: 322. Type locality: "South Western tip of Ukerewe Island, Lake Victoria". Holotype BMNH n° 1958. 7.8: 1.