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Clarias buthupogon in Togo

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Clarias buthupogon   Sauvage, 1879
Family:	Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)			picture (Clbut_u0.gif) by Mertens, P.
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	90.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4967)
Environment:	demersal; potamodromous; pH range: 6 - 7.5; dH range: 15 - 25
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C; 10°N - 11°S
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: from coastal rivers of Benin and Nigeria over rivers Cross, Sanaga, Wouri and Ogooué (Cameroon and Gabon) to the Congo River basin (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Congo Republic, Central African Republic and Zambia) (Ref. 248).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 75-88; Anal soft rays: 55-68; Vertebrae: 56-63. Wide interorbital distance; large tooth plates; extremely long barbels. Head rather rectangular in dorsal outline; eyes more laterally located. Frontal fontanelle long and narrow (`knife-shaped'); occipital fontanelle oval-shaped. Pectoral spine robust and slightly curved. gill rakers on first branchial arch long and slender. Suprabranchial organ well developed, however not completely filling the cavity. Openings of secondary canals of lateral line irregularly placed on the body.
Biology:	Found in lakes, rivers, floodplains and swamps. Bottom feeder, the stomach contained plants, algae, insect larvae (Ephemeroptera, Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Odonata), Entomostraca (Cladocera, Ostracoda), Thecamiba and remains of insects (Ref. 248). Caught in trawls in the southern portion of Lake Nyasa, by hand lines in the north (Ref. 4967)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Teugels, G.G.. 1986. (Ref. 248)
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Togo country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Mono River.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/to.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf, 1994
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	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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