Kukumai
Appearance
Kukumai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Claroteidae |
Genus: | Bathybagrus |
Species: | B. grandis
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Binomial name | |
Bathybagrus grandis (Boulenger, 1917)
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The kukumai (Bathybagrus grandis) is a species of claroteid catfish endemic to Lake Tanganyika along the border of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. It reaches a length of 63 cm (24.8 inches) TL and is a minor component of local commercial fisheries.
References
- Natakimazi, G.; Hanssens, M. (2006). "Chrysichthys grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60782A12397126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60782A12397126.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathybagrus grandis". FishBase. December 2011 version.