Clarias brachysoma

Short description: Species of fish

This page is about Clarias brachysoma. For the fish commonly known as Walking catfish, see Walking catfish.

Sri Lankan walking catfish

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Clariidae
Genus:  | Clarias
Species:  |

C. brachysoma

Binomial name
Clarias brachysoma

Günther, 1864

The Sri Lankan walking catfish (Clarias brachysoma) is a species of fish in the family Clariidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are rain forest streams and lowland rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

It grows to a length of 40 cm. During mating season, spawning occurs in nests among weeds in very shallow water. Then the male guards the nest and young until reaching about 1 cm in length.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Mystus cavasius" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

* Hanssens, M. 2005. Clarias alluaudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
* Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Clarias alluaudi" in FishBase. 02 2008 version.

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