Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Clariidae > Heterobranchus > Heterobranchus bidorsalis

Heterobranchus bidorsalis (African catfish; Catfish)

Synonyms: Heterobranchus geoffroyi; Heterobranchus intermedius; Heterobranchus senegalensis; Hetrobranchus bidorsalis
Language: Arabic; Creole, English; Dinka, Northeastern; Ewe; Finnish; French; Fulfulde, Pulaar; Ga; Hausa; Igbo; Ijo; Kanuri; Kim; M; Mandarin Chinese; Mòoré; Nupe; Shilluk; Sonink; Spanish; Wolof; Yoruba; Zande

Wikipedia Abstract

Heterobranchus bidorsalis, the African catfish or eel-like fattyfin catfish, is an airbreathing catfish found in Africa. It is closely related to the vundu catfish, which is well-known among fishermen.
View Wikipedia Record: Heterobranchus bidorsalis

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Takamanda Forest Reserve National Park II 167041 Cameroon  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplostomulum metacercaria <Unverified Name>[1]
Gendria chabaudi[1]
Kirstenella gordoni[1]
Marsypocephalus daveyi[1]
Marsypocephalus rectangulus[1]

Range Map

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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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