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Scientific Name Clarias monsembulai  Bernt & Stiassny, 2022
Common Name
Type Locality Luilaka River at Ilenge, Salonga National Park, Equateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2°35'47"S, 21°34'36"E.
Pronunciation klar ee ass
Etymology Clarias: From the Greek chlaros, meaning lively; in reference to the ability of the fish to live for long periods out of water. 
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Identification Clarias species are characterized by having an elongated body; a soft rayed dorsal fin extending to, or nearly to, the caudal fin base; a soft rayed anal fin extending from just behind the anus to the caudal fin base; pectoral fins each with a serrated anterior bony spine; head depressed, covered largely by firmly sutured, surface sculptured bony plates forming a protective helmet; four pairs of flagellate barbels (nasals, maxillaries, inner and outer mandibulars); air breathing organs derived from the 2nd and 4th epibranchials within a superbranchial chamber.
Sexing The genital papilla, which is to the right of the anus as you look at the fish with its head to the left, is elongated and pointed in males while it is round and relatively larger (and larger than the anus) in females. In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices.
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Distribution
African Waters, Congo, Middle Congo, Ruki, Busira, Momboyo, Luilaka (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Middle Congo, Ruki, Busira, Salonga (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Middle Congo, Ruki, Busira, Momboyo (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Suggested Tankmates Large cyprinids (silver sharks, tinfoil or spanner barbs for example) or Central American cichlids.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference American Museum Novitates No. 3990, pp 4, Figs. 2-4, 5B.
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Last Update 2023 Jan 22 05:35 (species record created: 2022 Aug 31 06:31)