Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Colour pattern : Risch, 1992a | Risch, 2003b .
  • Common names : Abu misaika / Bamseika (Arabic), Aceir / Akum / Kongo / Pung (Dinka Northeastern: Sudan), Catfish / Kokuni / Mudfish / Widehead catfish / Wideheaded catfish (English), Kpo (Ewe: Ghana), Oliivikissamonni (Finnish), Kportoe (Ga: Ghana), Großer Silberstachelwels (German), Ngogo (Giryama: Kenya), Bunsuru / Maigo (Hausa: Nigeria), Burau (Ijo: Nigeria), Keren (Jula: Burkina Faso), Zara (Kanuri: Nigeria), Bibing / Bingbing / Gagaï / Pein / Pia (Kim: Chad), Kuilvosgre (Mòoré: Burkina Faso), Pwankoro (Nupe: Nigeria), Mpumi (Pokomo: Kenya), Bèdj (Wolof: Senegal) .
  • Current distribution known : a wide ranging species with a distribution spreading from Senegal to Somalia, and throughout the Nile basin and as far south as Kenya .
  • Food habits : feeds on crustaceans, insects, mollusks and fish .
  • Food habits_references : Bailey, 1994 | Blache et al., 1964 | Hickley & Bailey, 1987 | Pekkola, 1919 | Sandon & Amin al Tayib, 1953 .
  • Habitat / home range : inhabits shallow water of rivers and lakes .
  • Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Risch, 1992a | Risch, 2003b .
  • Parasites : Bouah et al., 200a .
  • Reproduction : spawning season extends from April to November .
  • Reproduction_references : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Size : 800 mm SL, 10 kg .
  • Types :
    • Bagrus nigrita Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839: 426, pl. 416. Type locality: "Senegal". Syntypes (3) MNHN n° 1204 and n° A. 1113.
    • Chrysichthys macropogon Norman, 1928 b: 385. Type locality: "Kiyawa River (near Katagurn), Northern Province, Nigeria". Holotype BMNH n° 1928.7.3: 70| Chabanaud, 1934 a: 201, fig. 1| Jayaram, 1966: 1080| Roberts, 1967 c: 130 (synonymy with Clarotes probably laticeps).
    • Chrysichthys pitmani Fowler, 1936 b: 312, fig. 97-100. Type locality: "Athi River, Kibwezi, Kenya". Holotype ANSP n° 65.888; paratypes (11) n° 65.889 to 65.899.
    • Clarotes heuglinii Kner, 1855 b: 313. Type locality: "bei Girf in der Nahe von Chartoum". Holotype NMW.
    • Clarotes macrocephalus Daget, 1954: 257, fig. 95. Type locality: "Diafarabé", Niger River. Holotype MNHN n° 1954-3.
    • Pimelodus laticeps Rüppell, 1829: 7, pl. 1, fig. 2. Type locality: "Cairo". Holotype SMF n° 226.
  • Use and trade : species marketable when caught .