Tanganikallabes mortiauxi

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Tanganikallabes mortiauxi
Conservation status
Least Concern[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Clariidae Genus: Tanganikallabes Poll, 1943 Species: T. mortiauxi
Binomial name
Tanganikallabes mortiauxi Poll, 1943

Tanganikallabes mortiauxi is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Tanganikallabes of the family Clariidae.^[2] This species occurs in the Lake Tanganyika.^[2] It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.^[1] This species grows to about 33.0 centimetres (13.0 in) TL.^[3] It is found among stones on rocky shores of lakes.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ntakimazi, G (2005). Tanganikallabes mortiauxi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 August 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Tanganikallabes mortiauxi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.