|
Pardiglanis tarabinii Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972 Somalian giant catfish |
|
|
photo by
NMK |
| Family: | Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 75 cm SL (male/unsexed); 68.3 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Africa: rivers Tana (Kenya) and Juba (Somalia); probably also in the Uebi Shebeli (Somalia); possibly present in the Northern Uaso Nyiro (Kenya) (Ref. 78218). | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Lives in mud at bottom of rivers. Latest (March 2000) male specimen caught in rather shallow water on the sandy bottom of the river, which had a very low water level following a long period of drought (in Kenya). Female (caught later in 2000) (Ref. 41277). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 01 May 2009 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||