Poole, Karen E.
Heterobranchus
Sign in to saveHeterobranchus is a genus of airbreathing catfishes native to Africa.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyClariidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
Heterobranchus macronema.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Clariidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, CUMV, AUM, USNM, CAS, NRM
- Recorded in
- India, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, CôTe D'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Togo, Sierra Leone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Airbreathing catfish
- Image
- Heterobranchus longifilis.jpg
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- Heterobranchus
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- genus
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- Heterobranchus
- topic's main category
- Category:Heterobranchus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Heterobranchus is a genus of airbreathing catfishes native to Africa.
Depending on the exact species involved, fish of this genus reach from with the giant vundu (H. longifilis) being the largest completely freshwater fish in southern Africa, reaching SL and weighing up to .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heterobranchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.