Clarias batu
Clarias batu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Clarias |
Species: | C. batu
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Binomial name | |
Clarias batu K. K. P. Lim &
H. H. Ng, 1999[2] | |
Clarias batu is only known from Tioman Island, Malaysia |
Clarias batu (sometimes known under the common name Tioman walking catfish) is a species of
clariid catfish. It is only known from Tioman Island off the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia.[3] The eel-like catfish found on this island were originally identified as the widespread species Clarias nieuhofii but comparison of a large series of specimens from Tioman with a series of C. nieuhofii from the mainland revealed consistent and distinctive differences indicating a separate species.[2]
This is an elongated catfish up to 30.5 cm (12.0 inches)
caudal fin whereas C. nieuhofii has all these fins confluent. Care should be taken however as specimens of C. batu have been recorded which have apparently confluent fins as a result of healing after suffering damage.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Lim, K. K. P. & Ng, H. H. (1999). "Clarias batu, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement. 6: 157–167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Clarias batu" in FishBase. December 2019 version.