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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clarias: Greek, chlaros = lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water; insolitus: Specific name from the Latin insolitus, meaning strange; in reference to the combination of hypertrophied sensory canal pores and a knife-shaped anterior fontanel, which is not seen in other Southeast Asian Clarias.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: upper Barito River drainage in southern Borneo, Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51071)
Short description
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67 - 76; Anal soft rays: 53 - 63; Vertebrae: 61 - 63. Hypertrophied sensory canal pores on the head and body easily visible to the naked eye; having a long and thin anterior fontanel (except for Clarias batrachus); having prominent serrations on the anterior edge of the pectoral spine (except for Clarias intermedius, Clarias meladerma, Clarias olivaceus and Clarias planiceps); lacking white spots on the body (except for Clarias olivaceus and Clarias planiceps); distance between the tip of the occipital process and the base of the first dorsal fin ray 10.3-12.4% SL; body depth 9.9-11.5% SL; head width 14.0-15.6% SL; snout length 32.5-37.7% SL; interorbital distance 39.4-43.6% SL (Ref. 51071).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ng, H.H., 2003. Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. Zootaxa 284:1-8. (Ref. 51071)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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