Clarias brachysoma

This article is about Clarias brachysoma. For the fish commonly known as Walking catfish, see Walking catfish.

Sri Lankan walking catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. brachysoma
Binomial name
Clarias brachysoma
Günther, 1864

The Sri Lankan walking catfish (Clarias brachysoma) is a species of fish in the family Clariidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are rain forest streams and lowland rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

It grows to a length of 40 cm. During mating season, spawning occurs in nests among weeds in very shallow water. Then the male guards the nest and young until reaching about 1 cm in length.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mystus cavasius". FishBase. December 2011 version.


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