Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia. Pardiglanis tarabinii. Conservation status.
Africa: rivers Tana (Kenya) and Juba (Somalia); probably also in the Uebi Shebeli (Somalia); possibly present in the Northern Uaso Nyiro (Kenya) (Ref. 78218).
Pardiglanis tarabinii
Fish
Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.
This species has uncertain taxonomic status. It has been placed by itself in the genus Pardiglanis. However, some sources have... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Clarotes tarabinii
Common names: Giant catfish. Occurrence: native. Salinity: freshwater. Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: De Vos, L., 2001
Sep 20, 2020 ˇ catfish species profile for Pardiglanis tarabinii including natural history, classification and how to keep in an aquarium.
Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.
Pardiglanis tarabiniiGiant Catfish(Also: Somalian giant catfish) ˇ Deuterostomia: pictures (15298) ˇ Deuterostomia: specimens (6845) ˇ Deuterostomia: sounds (709).
Environment: demersal; freshwater ; Distribution: Africa: rivers Tana (Kenya) and Juba (Somalia); probably also in the Uebi Shebeli (Somalia); possibly present ...
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 ...
Kingdom. Animalia ˇ Phylum. Chordata ˇ Order. Siluriformes ˇ Family. Claroteidae ˇ Genus. Pardiglanis Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972.
Somalian giant catfish (Pardiglanis tarabinii) Classification Species: Pardiglanis tarabinii Genus: Pardiglanis Family: Claroteidae - Claroteid catfishes