Lives in mud at bottom of rivers. Latest (March 2000) male specimen caught in rather shallow water on the sandy bottom of the river.
Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.
Etymology: Pardiglanis: Greek, pardias, -ou = a fish similar to grey mullet + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish ...
Sep 20, 2020 ˇ Distribution, Africa: restricted to the Juba River, Somalia and Lower Tana River in Kenya. African Waters, Jubba (click on these areas to find ...
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Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.
Very strange looking fish as the head is almost half as long as the body with a very wide head and large mouth with its gape extending to around the eye ...
Somalian giant catfish (Pardiglanis tarabinii) Classification Species: Pardiglanis tarabinii Genus: Pardiglanis Family: Claroteidae - Claroteid catfishes
Kingdom. Animalia ˇ Phylum. Chordata ˇ Order. Siluriformes ˇ Family. Claroteidae ˇ Genus. Pardiglanis Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972.
Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.