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Bathyclarias nyasensis

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Bathyclarias nyasensis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Bathyclarias
Species: B. nyasensis
Binomial name
Bathyclarias nyasensis
(Worthington, 1933)
Synonyms

Bathyclarias ilesi Jackson, 1959
Bathyclarias jacksoni (Greenwood, 1961)
Bathyclarias loweae Jackson, 1959

Bathyclarias nyasensis is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This species grows to a length of 100 cm SL (39.4 inches). This species is commercially caught for human consumption.

References

  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Bathyclarias nyasensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T120690122A148676075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120690122A148676075.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Bathyclarias nyasensis


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