Order Siluriformes Scientific name Platyclarias machadoi Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Clariidae Higher classification Platyclarias People also search for Platyallabes tihoni | |
Genus PlatyclariasPoll, 1977 | ||
Platyclarias machadoi is the only species in the genus Platyclarias of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It originates from the upper Cuango River in Angola. It reaches up to 20.1 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. P. machadoi is easily identified among the clariids due to its extremely flattened head relative to other clariids.
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