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Bathyclarias nyasensis

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Bathyclarias nyasensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Bathyclarias
Species:
B. nyasensis
Binomial name
Bathyclarias nyasensis
(Worthington, 1933)
Synonyms

Bathyclarias ilesi Jackson, 1959
Bathyclarias jacksoni (Greenwood, 1961)
Bathyclarias loweae Jackson, 1959

Bathyclarias nyasensis is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This species grows to a length of 100 cm SL (39.4 inches). This species is commercially caught for human consumption.

References

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  • Kasembe, J. 2005. Bathyclarias nyasensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyclarias nyasensis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  1. ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Bathyclarias nyasensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T120690122A148676075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120690122A148676075.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.