Cave catfish
Clarias cavernicola
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The cave catfish is an unpigmented fish living only in the lake of Aigamas Cave, Namibia — the only cavefish of mainland southern Africa. It eats detritus and small animals that fall into the water. Critically endangered. It reaches about 16 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Clarias cavernicola
- Family
- Clariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Clariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 16.1 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
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