Mudfish

Clarias anguillaris

Catfish of the Niger Basin

Tropical
Coastal
Lower river
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

Clarias anguillaris is a species of African airbreathing catfish also known as the mudfish. This species is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: lower and middle Nile; Chad system including the Logone and the Shari rivers; Niger and Benoue river systems; coastal rivers of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire; Gambia and lower Senegal rivers; Volta system; relict populations occur in Mauritania and southern Algeria (Ref. 248 ). Also in the lower Cross in Nigeria (Ref. 81644 ). Trade restricted in FRG.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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