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Clariidae
Eel catfish
Channallabes apus
Catfish in the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumEel catfish is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 41.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Channallabes
- Maximum length
- 41.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: Kouilou basin (Congo Republic) to Loge River basin (Angola), including the lower, middle and upper Congo River basin (Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola) (Ref. 58526 , 81644 , 106245 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
