Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Marshall, 2011 | Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Gevlekte baber / Lihwetete / Ndombe-Mabbozwa (Afrikaans), Chineke (Bemba: Zambia), Kambangaji / Lundembe / Tshiwende / Tshota mualwa (Chokwe: Angola), Blotched catfish (English), Minga (Lozi: Zambia) .
  • Current distribution known : Luapula-Moero system (upper Congo River basin), upper Kasai drainage (middle Congo River basin), Kafue River, upper Zambezi system, Cunene River and Okavango .
  • Food habits : feeds on invertebrates and, when older, on fishes .
  • Food habits_references : Bell-Cross, 1976 d | Marshall, 2011 | Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Habitat : occurs in well-vegetated sluggish river channels and floodplain lagoons .
  • Habitat_references : Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Habits_references : Bell-Cross, 1976 d .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Marshall, 2011 | Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Reproduction : breeds during the summer rainy season .
  • Reproduction_references : Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 410 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915 b: 168. Type locality: "Ruisseau affluent de la Lukinda, Congo". Holotype MRAC n° 14.139.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .