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Clarias camerunensis
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Clarias camerunensis (Clarias camerunensis) specimen
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Clariidae

Clarias camerunensis

Clarias camerunensis

Skull bones separated in juveniles

  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Lower river
  • Upper river
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Clarias camerunensis is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 46.6 cm.

Family
Clariidae
Genus
Clarias
Maximum length
46.6 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Africa: from Volta basin in Ghana (Ref. 57129 ) and coastal rivers in Togo to the lower and middle Congo River basin (Ref. 248 ); also reported from the upper Congo (Ref. 106245 ). Widespread in Lower Guinea, from the Cross in Nigeria and Cameroon to the Loémé in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81644 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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