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Clariidae
Heterobranchus isopterus
Heterobranchus isopterus
Long narrow frontal fontanelle
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeHeterobranchus isopterus is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 123 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Heterobranchus
- Maximum length
- 123 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: coastal basins from the Konkouré (Guinea) to the Cross (Cameroon); present in the upper Senegal, but apparently absent from the Gambia and the Niger (Ref. 57129 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
