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Scientific Name	**Clarotes laticeps** (Rüppell, 1829)
Common Name	Wide Head Catfish
Type Locality	Cairo, Egypt.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus laticeps, Bagrus nigrita, Chrysichthys macropogon, Chrysichthys nigrita, Chrysichthys pitmani, Clarotes heuglini, Clarotes heuglinii, Clarotes macrocephalus, Octonematichthys nigrita, Pimelodus laticeps
Pronunciation	lah tee seps
Etymology	Clarotes: Named after the ancient Greek Klaroten, a term for slaves (i.e. people with bent necks), in reference to the morphology of the head.
Species Information
Size	800mm or 31.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Nile, Niger, Senegal, Bénoué, and Volta Rivers; also in Lake Chad. African Waters, Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Volta (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Temperature	20.0-26.0°C or 68-78.8°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	Inhabits rivers.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on crustaceans, insects, mollusks and fish. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt 1829, pp 7, Pl. 1 (fig. 2).
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00)