Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes) |
11.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; freshwater, |
Africa: known from the Mutsindozi River, an affluent of the Malagarasi, in Burundi (Ref. 26960, 78218). |
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Found over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 26960, 78218). Voracious species, feeds on insects and insect larvae (Coleoptera and other unidentified larvae) (Ref. 26960). Insects and insect larvae have been found in stomach (Ref. 78218). |
Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 31 January 2006 (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)) Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Type locality of the holotype of C. mutsindoziensis: 'Rivière Mutsindozi, près de son embouchure dans la Malagarasi à proximité de Gihofi, Burundi' (Ref. 26960). Described from the Mutsindozi River, an affluent of the Malagarazi (Ref. 26960). Also Ref. 78218. |
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