Bathyclarias rotundifrons
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Species: | B. rotundifrons
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Bathyclarias rotundifrons P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
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Bathyclarias rotundifrons is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This species grows to a length of 68.1 cm TL (26.8 inches). This species is commercially caught for human consumption and can also be found in the aquarium trade.
References
- Kasembe, J. 2005. Bathyclarias rotundifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyclarias rotundifrons". FishBase. December 2011 version.