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Scientific Name	**Clarias buthupogon** Sauvage, 1879
Common Name
Type Locality	Ogooué River at Doumé, Gabon.
Synonym(s)	Chlarias angolensis macronema, Clarias bathupogon, Clarias bathypogon, Clarias bithypogon, Clarias buthipogon, Clarias buthopogon, Clarias lindicus, Clarias megapogon, Clarias obscurus, Clarias zygouron
Pronunciation	klar ee ass
Etymology	Clarias: From the Greek chlaros, meaning lively; in reference to the ability of the fish to live for long periods out of water.
Species Information
Size	900mm or 35.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Clarias species are characterized by having an elongated body; a soft rayed dorsal fin extending to, or nearly to, the caudal fin base; a soft rayed anal fin extending from just behind the anus to the caudal fin base; pectoral fins each with a serrated anterior bony spine; head depressed, covered largely by firmly sutured, surface sculptured bony plates forming a protective helmet; four pairs of flagellate barbels (nasals, maxillaries, inner and outer mandibulars); air breathing organs derived from the 2nd and 4th epibranchials within a superbranchial chamber.
Sexing	The genital papilla, which is to the right of the anus as you look at the fish with its head to the left, is elongated and pointed in males while it is round and relatively larger (and larger than the anus) in females. In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: in the Congo system, in the Ogowe river, in the Sanaga river, in the Wouri river, in the Cross river and in the coastal rivers of Nigeria and Benin Republic. Reported from Luongo River, Congo system, Zambia African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Gabon Waters, Ogowe (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cameroon waters, Sanaga (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cameroon waters, Wuori (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cross (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Suggested Tankmates	Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 3, pp 96 [7].
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2021 Feb 15 05:30 (species record created: 2008 Jun 19 16:23)