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(Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-9357 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2008-03-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9357 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 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). De Vos, L. 2001 Rediscovery of the giant catfish <i>Pardiglanis tarabinii</i> (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):213-214. (Ref. 41277) FB-Distribution-9357 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9357 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: rivers Tana (Kenya) and Juba (Somalia); probably also in the Uebi Shebeli (Somalia); possibly present in the Northern Uaso Nyiro (Kenya) (Ref. 78218). De Vos, L. 2001 Rediscovery of the giant catfish <i>Pardiglanis tarabinii</i> (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):213-214. (Ref. 41277) FB-Uses-9357 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2008-03-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9357 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-9357 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2008-03-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9357 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 75.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 41277)); 68.3 cm SL (female) De Vos, L. 2001 Rediscovery of the giant catfish <i>Pardiglanis tarabinii</i> (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):213-214. (Ref. 41277) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-9357 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2008-03-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9357 demersal; freshwater