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Bathyclarias

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Bathyclarias
Bathyclarias foveolatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Bathyclarias
P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
Type species
Clarias longibarbis
Species

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Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa.[1] Several are components of local commercial fisheries.

Species

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There are currently contains eight recognized species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Anseaume, L.; and G.G. Teugels (1999). On the rehabilitation of the clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the East African Rift Lake Malawi. Fish Biology 55(2): 405–419. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00687.x
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathyclarias". FishBase. December 2011 version.