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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyClariidae
  5. ›genusClarias
Clarias buthupogon
FIGURE 7. Species of the Clarioides subgenus from the Congo River basin: A, AMNH 250869 Clarias angolensis; B, AMNH 2275 Bernt, Stiassny, 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Clarias buthupogon

Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879

Also calledKongonkonnamonni (kon) · Silure (fra)

First described in: Sauvage, H.-E. (1879). Notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 3: 90-103. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-14.].

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Remarks: Clarias buthupogon was occasionally caught in Badagry and Ikorodu, while it was rare in Epe. Other synonyms for C. buthupogon include Chlarias angolensis (Steindachner), Chlarias angolensis macronema (Fowler), Clarias lindicus (Boulenger), Clarias obscurus (Poll) and Clarias zygouron (Nichols & Griscom). This species is also known to inhabit the coastal rivers from Benin and Nigeria through Cameroon to the Congo River basin. Clarias buthupogon is characterized by a well-developed adipose fin located between the dorsal and caudal fins. It has a relatively broad head, with 77 soft rays in the dorsal fin and 58 soft rays in the anal fin.

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