Clarias dayi
Appearance
Clarias dayi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Clarias |
Species: | C. dayi
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Binomial name | |
Clarias dayi Hora, 1936
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Clarias dayi is a species of airbreathing catfishes within the genus Clarias. It is found in bodies of water within the Wyanad Hills in Kerala, India[1] Its distribution is unlike C. dussumieri, which instead of being constricted to a certain area, is found in most bodies of water throughout the district.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lakra, W. S.; Sarkar, U.K.; Gopalkrishnan, A.; Kathirvelpandian, A. (2010). , Threatened Freshwater Fishes of India,. Lucknow: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resource. p. 11.
- ^ Binoy, V. V. (1 January 2010). "Catfish Clarias is vanishing from the waters of Kerala". CURRENT SCIENCE.