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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Platyclarias: Greek, platys = flat + Latin, clarias, -a, -um = shining (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr António de Barros Machado (1912–2002) was a Portuguese zoologist and arachnologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 5°S - 11°S
Africa: upper Cuango (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Angola (Ref. 78218).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3820)
No detailed information is at present available on the biology of this species (Ref. 78218).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Teugels, G.G., 1986. Clariidae. p. 66-101. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3820)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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