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Scientific Name | Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829) |
Common Name | Wide Head Catfish |
Type Locality | Cairo, Egypt. |
Synonym(s) | Bagrus laticeps, Bagrus nigrita, Chrysichthys macropogon, Chrysichthys nigrita, Chrysichthys pitmani, Clarotes heuglinii, Clarotes macrocephalus, Octonematichthys nigrita, Pimelodus laticeps |
Pronunciation | lah tee seps |
Etymology | Clarotes: Named after the ancient Greek Klaroten, a term for slaves (i.e. people with bent necks), in reference to the morphology of the head. |
Articles | - CotM 2010 March |
Species Information | |
Size | 800mm or 31.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Africa: Nile, Niger, Senegal, Bénoué, and Volta Rivers; also in Lake Chad. African Waters, Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Volta (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
Temperature | 20.0-26.0°C or 68-78.8°F (Show species within this range) |
Other Parameters | Inhabits rivers. |
Husbandry Information | |
Feeding | Feeds on crustaceans, insects, mollusks and fish. User data. |
Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt 1829, pp 7, Pl. 1 (fig. 2). |
Registered Keepers | There are 7 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 7 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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Last Update | 2019 Sep 18 14:19 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00) |