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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Platyallabes: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, allabes, -etos = a fish of the Nile, a kind of lamprey (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical; 4°S - 5°S
Africa: lower Congo River basin, Pool Malebo (=Stanley Pool) (Ref. 78218) and the lower reaches of the Middle Congo River, just upstream of Pool Malebo (Ref. 104438).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3820)
No real information available on the biology of this species. Apparently live in crevices between stones and rocks where they burry themselves in the substrate (Ref. 78218).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
