Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa.[1] Several are components of local commercial fisheries.
Species
There are currently contains eight recognized species:[2]
- Bathyclarias atribranchus (Greenwood, 1961)
- Bathyclarias eurydon P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias filicibarbis P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias foveolatus (P. B. N. Jackson, 1955)
- Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933)
- Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
- Bathyclarias rotundifrons P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias worthingtoni P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
References
- ^ Anseaume, L.; and G.G. Teugels (1999). On the rehabilitation of the clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the East African Rift Lake Malawi. Fish Biology 55(2): 405–419. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00687.x
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathyclarias". FishBase. December 2011 version.
You must be logged in to post a comment.