Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Bombe / Nkhomo / Nkoma / Sapuwa (Nyanja: Malawi), (Malawi Nyanja), Nkomo / Sapuwa (Swahili: Tanzania), Mbumbu (Tumbuka: Malawi) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Malawi .
  • Food habits : feeds on small fishes, small crustaceans and insect larvae .
  • Food habits_references : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Habitat / home range : frequently caught at depths of up to 250 m but also occurs in shallow water (from eight metres) .
  • Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Phylogeny : Wright, 2017 .
  • Reproduction : sexual maturity is reached at about 50 cm total length and spawning occurs in November .
  • Size : 1000 mmL .
  • Types :
    • Bathyclarias ilesi Jackson, 1959 b: 116, fig. 2. Type locality: "Nkata Bay, Lake Nyasa". Holotype BMNH n° 1960.2.29: 8; paratype (1) BMNH n° 1960.2.29: 9.
    • Bathyclarias loweae Jackson, 1959b: 114, fig. 1. Type locality: Nkata Bay, Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa), southeastern Africa. Holotype BMNH 1960.2.29.3.
    • Clarias nyasensis Worthington, 1933 a: 308, fig. 9. Type locality: "Lake Nyasa". Lectotype BMNH n° 1932.11.15: 584; paralectotypes (7) BMNH n° 1932.11.15: 585- 591.
    • Dinotopterus jacksoni Greenwood, 1961: 222. Type locality: "Nkata Bay". Holotype BMNH n° 1960.2.29: 26.
  • Use and trade : the most economically important clariid in the lake .