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Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879

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Cameroon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Dja system (middle Congo River basin), Sanaga basin (Ref. 248, 81644), Wouri (Ref. 81644), Cross (Ref. 248, 271, 57129, 81644) and coastal rivers of south Cameroon (Ref. 51193). Also Ref. 271, 78218.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Teugels, G.G., D. Adriaens, S. Devaere and T. Musschoot, 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > 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.
  More on author: Sauvage.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: 15 - 25; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468); 10°N - 11°S

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