Bathyclarias foveolatus (Jackson, 1955)

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Bathyclarias foveolatus : Jackson, 1959 b : 118Revision of the clariid catfishes of Nyasaland, with a description of a new genus and seven new species. | Jackson, 1961 a : 554Check-list of the fishes of Nyasaland. | Nsiku, 1999 : 75, 188Changes in the fisheries of Lake Malawi, 1976-1996: ecosystem-based analysis. | Teugels & Adriaens, 2003 : 474Chapter 16. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Clariidae. An overview. | Snoeks, 2004 : 24The non-cichlid fishes of the Lake Malawi system: a compilation. | Seegers, 2008 a : 223, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..
Clarias foveolatus : Jackson, 1955 : 681, fig. (senior synonym)A new fish of the genus Clarias Gronov. from Lake Nyasa, with notes on the distribution of the Clariidae and other catfishes in the Lake..
Dinotopterus foveolatus : Greenwood, 1961 : 226 (senior synonym)A revision of the genus Dinotopterus Boulenger (Pisces, Clariidae) with notes on the comparative anatomy of the supra branchial organs in the Clariidae. | Teugels, 1986 a : 96 (senior synonym)34. Clariidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 146 (senior synonym)An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Eccles, 1992 : 67, 124 (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Ferraris, 2007 : 149 (senior synonym)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : Chimwanapumba (Nyanja: Malawi), Chimwamapumba (Swahili: Tanzania), Mbumbu (Tumbuka: Malawi) .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Malawi .
Food habits : feeds on rock-inhabiting fish species during the night .
Habitat / home range : only occurs in deep water (never shallower than 30 m) where it skulks among the rocks and mud at great depths .
Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 .
Size : 750 mm SL .
Types :
- Clarias foveolatus Jackson, 1955: 681, fig. Type locality: "Lake Nyasa". Holotype BMNH n° 1955.6.15: 1; paratypes BMNH n° 1955.6.15: 2-3 (2).
Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .