Order Siluriformes Subfamily Claroteinae | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Clarotes tarabinii Rank Species | |
Genus PardiglanisPoll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972 People also search for Pardiglanis, Catfish | ||
Pardiglanis tarabinii, the Somalian giant catfish, is a species of claroteid catfish native to Kenya and Somalia.
This species has uncertain taxonomic status. This species has been placed by itself in the genus Pardiglanis. However, some sources have considered this genus to be a junior synonym of Clarotes.
It lives in mud at bottom of rivers. It is occurs in the Juba River and probably in the Shebelle River in Somalia and the Lower Tana River and possibly in the Northern Ewaso Ng'iro in Kenya. Its natural habitat is rivers.
It can reach a length of 75.0 cm (29.5 inches) SL, but is not of any importance in local fisheries.
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