Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Chromosomes : Ojo et al., 2011 .
  • Colour pattern : Hanssens, 2009 | Seegers, 2008 | Teugels, 1992a | Teugels, 2003a | Teugels et al., 2007 .
  • Common names : Ngoo (Fang: Equatorial Guinea), Abugu (Ijo: Nigeria), Gol / Gwol / Vere / Vering (Kim: Chad) .
  • Current distribution known : from the Volta basin in Ghana and coastal rivers in Togo to the lower and middle Congo River basin. Also reported from the upper Congo. Widespread in Lower Guinea, from the Cross in Nigeria and Cameroon to the Loémé in Republic of Congo .
  • Evolution : Devaere et al., 2007c .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Matthes, 1964 b | Seegers, 2008 | Trewavas, Green & Corbet, 1972 .
  • Genetics : Jansen et al., 2006 | Kundu et al., 2023 .
  • Habitat / home range : feeds on larvae of mayflies, chironomids, and caddis insects to be the main food of small and middle-sized specimens. Stomach content analysis showed presence of practically everything edible from plant remains, insects and their larvae to fish remains .
  • Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Habits_references : Matthes, 1964 b .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Devaere et al., 2007c | Hanssens, 2009 | Seegers, 2008 | Teugels, 1992a | Teugels, 2003a | Teugels et al., 2007 .
  • Osteology : Devaere et al., 2007c .
  • Parasites : Paperna, 1965 | Paperna, 1996 .
  • Phylogeny : Devaere et al., 2007c | Jansen et al., 2006 | Kundu et al., 2023 | Wright, 2017 .
  • Reproduction_references : Matthes, 1964 b | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Size : 466 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Clarias breviceps Boulenger, 1900 f: 135, pl. LXVIII, fig. 6. Type locality: "Marais Scala N"Toto, Mayumbe". Syntypes MRAC n° 271 (1) & BMNH n° 1899.11.27: 93 (1).
    • Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895: 182. Type locality: "Kamerun" Syntypes ZMU n° 283 (2).
    • Clarias curtus (part.) Matthes, 1964 b: 102. Type locality: "Ruisseau Losasa". Syntypes MRAC n° 138.668-670.
    • Clarias duchaillui Fowler, 1915: 226, fig. Type locality: "Gabon". Holotype ANSP n° 8568; paratypes ANSP n° 8569-8574 (6).
    • Clarias lualae Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922: 123, fig. 1. Type locality: "Luala river, tributary of the Congo, near Kinkenge, Congo basin". Holotype NRMS n° 9.931.
    • Clarias monkei Keilhack, 1910 b: 119, fig. 1. Type locality: "2 km south of Logobaba (Cameroun)". Holotype ZMHB n° 17.769.
    • Clarias ngola Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920: 170, fig. 1. Type locality: "Kingoyi, Congo Basin". Holotype NRMS unregistered.
    • Clarias nigeriae Popta, 1919: 4, fig. Type locality: "Wari, mouth of the Niger, West- Africa". Holotype RMNH n° 10.332.
    • Clarias poensis Boulenger, 1908 g: 1078, fig. Type locality: "Fernando Po". Holotype BMNH n° 1904.7.23: 49.
    • Clarias submarginatus thysvillensis David & Poll, 1937: 231. Type locality: "Grottes de Thysville". Holotype MRAC n° 37.550.
    • Clarias walkeri Günther, 1896 a: 274, pl. XIV, fig. B. Type locality: "Ogowe River". Holotype BMNH n° 1896.5.5: 54.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .