Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia. Pardiglanis tarabinii. Conservation status.
Pardiglanis tarabinii
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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
Africa: rivers Tana (Kenya) and Juba (Somalia); probably also in the Uebi Shebeli (Somalia); possibly present in the Northern Uaso Nyiro (Kenya) (Ref. 78218).
Lives in mud at bottom of rivers. Latest (March 2000) male specimen caught in rather shallow water on the sandy bottom of the river.
Sep 20, 2020 · catfish species profile for Pardiglanis tarabinii including natural history, classification and how to keep in an aquarium.
Pardiglanis tarabiniiGiant Catfish(Also: Somalian giant catfish) · Deuterostomia: pictures (15298) · Deuterostomia: specimens (6845) · Deuterostomia: sounds (709).
Kingdom. Animalia · Phylum. Chordata · Order. Siluriformes · Family. Claroteidae · Genus. Pardiglanis Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972.
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 ...
Classification ; Genus: Pardiglanis ; Family: Claroteidae - Claroteid catfishes ; Order: Siluriformes - Catfishes ; Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes ; Superclass ...
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