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Pardiglanis tarabinii in Somalia
Somalian giant catfish

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Pardiglanis tarabinii   Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972
Family:	Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) , subfamily: Claroteinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Somalian giant catfish
Max. size:	75.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41277); 68.3 cm SL (female)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical; 8°N - 1°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: restricted to the Juba River, Somalia and Lower Tana River in Kenya.
Biology:	Lives in mud at bottom of rivers. Latest (March 2000) male specimen caught in rather shallow water on the sandy bottom of the river, which had a very low water level following a long period of drought (in Kenya). Female (caught later in 2000) (Ref. 41277)
Threatened:	Data deficient, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	De Vos, L.. 2001. (Ref. 41277)
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Somalia country information
Common names:	Giant catfish		Ref:  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1994
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	scarce (very unlikely)		Ref:  De Vos, L., 2001
Importance:	of no interest		Ref:  De Vos, L., 2001
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Recorded from Juba river system.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Risch, L.M., 1986
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	Modified:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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