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Xenoclarias eupogon (Lake Victoria deepwater catfish)

Synonyms: Clarias eupogon; Xenoclarias holobranchus
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lake Victoria deepwater catfish (Xenoclarias eupogon) is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It is monotypic within the genus Xenoclarias. This species is endemic to Lake Victoria, and is found in deeper areas of the lake, from 12 to 20 metres (39–66 ft). This species is threatened with extinction or may already be extinct due to predation by the introduced Nile Perch as well as other recent ecological changes. This species grows to about 20 cm (7.9 in) SL.
View Wikipedia Record: Xenoclarias eupogon

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Xenoclarias eupogon

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Spinitectus allaeri <Unverified Name>[1]
Steringophorus blackeri[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0