Werner's catfish
| Werner's catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Clarias |
| Species: | C. werneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Clarias werneri Boulenger, 1906
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Werner's catfish (Clarias werneri) is a species of airbreathing catfish. It is found in Burundi and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species reaches a length of 23.0 cm (9.1 inches) SL.
Named in honor of Dr. F. Werner, probably Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner (1867-1939), who collected type specimen. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Clarias werneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60778A47214790. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60778A47214790.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Clarias werneri". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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