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Although clariids occur in India, Syria,
southern Turkey, and
large parts of
Southeast Asia,
their diversity is the
largest in Africa.
Clariid catfish...
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machadoi is
easily identified among the
clariids due to its
extremely flattened head
relative to
other clariids. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist...
- version. Mwita, CJ; Nkwengulila, G. (2008). "Molecular
phylogeny of the
clariid fishes of Lake Victoria, Tanzania,
inferred from
cytochrome b DNA sequences"...
- and hidden, and it
lacks pectoral fins entirely. Like many
anguilliform clariids, its jaw
muscles are hypertrophic, a
modification that has been linked...
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hypothesized to be the
sister group to
Heteropneustes and the
remaining clariids. The
problematic relationship of this
species to the rest of the family...
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Clarias lamottei is a
supposed species of
clariid from the
Ivory Coast. It has been
doubted to be a
natural intergeneric hybrid by Teugels,
between Clarias...
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fontanelles in the
shape of a
knife It is
further distinguishable from
other clariids from the
following characteristics (except for C. intermedius, C. meladerma...
- version. Anseaume, L.; and G.G.
Teugels (1999). On the
rehabilitation of the
clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the East
African Rift Lake Malawi...
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Walking catfish Clarias dayi (endemic),
Malabar clariid Clarias dussumieri (endemic),
Valenciennes clariid Clarias gariepinus (introduced),
North African...
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tigerfish hunt alone.
Favoured prey fish
include cichlids, gobies, carp, and
clariid catfish.
Insects and
zooplankton may also be part of the
African tigerfish's...
