Clarias kapuasensis
Illustration with possible coloration based on Clarias kapuasensis sp. nov., holotype and description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. kapuasensis
Binomial name
Clarias kapuasensis
Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
Clarias kapuasensis is located in Borneo
Nanga Pinoh
Holotype (Mar. 2000)
Meliau
Paratypes (Mar. 2000)
Clarias kapuasensis (Borneo)

Clarias kapuasensis is a species of clariid catfish from Borneo. It has been described from the upper part of the River Kapuas (Western Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Habitat and distribution

Supposed habitat of Clarias kapuasensis, swamps around Lake Sentarum

It can be found in peat swamps just bordering the Kapuas river and its tributaries; the holotype was collected in swampy areas alongside the river Melawi in the upper part of the Kapuas River, with paratypes collected in peat swamps just bordering Lake Sentarum, both locations in West Kalimantan Province, Borneo.[2]

Characteristics

Recently described, the holotype for this specimen was noted to be of a length of 210 mm (21 cm) from skull to caudal fin, with the 20 paratypes also recorded ranging from 135 to 260 mm (13.5–26 cm).

Live coloration has been noted to range from dark-olive green to dark brown, fading to greyish or whitish coloring on ventral surface with dorsal and ventral fins being greenish or brownish with a black margin. Big white or yellow spots are also common, as so in other Asian forest Clarias species.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ng, H.H. (2019). "Clarias kapuasensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91226506A91226511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T91226506A91226511.en. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Tomy Sudarto; Guy Teugels & Laurent Pouyaud (March 2003). "Description of two new Clarias species from Borneo (Siluriformes, Clariidae)". Cybium: international journal of ichthyology. Tomy Sudarto, Guy Teugels, & Laurent Pouyaud. Retrieved 11 April 2023.


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