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Scientific Name	**Xenoclarias holobranchus** Greenwood, 1958
Common Name
Type Locality	Off the southwestern tip of Ukerewe Island, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Africa, depth 120 feet.
Synonym(s)	Clarias eupogon, Xenoclarias eupogon
Species Information
Size	200mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices.
General Remarks	Xenoclarias holobranchus is an endemic species of Lake Victoria that is threatened with extinction or has already disappeared due to predation by Nile perch and other recent ecological impacts. (Source: FishBase)
Habitat Information
Distribution	Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria. African Waters, Western Rift Valley Lakes, Victoria (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 1 (no. 5), pp 322.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:40 (species record created: 2010 Aug 01 01:30)