Widehead catfish
Clarotes laticeps
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- Scientific name
- Clarotes laticeps
- Family
- Claroteidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Claroteidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Bagrus laticeps, Bagrus nigrita, Chrysichthys cranchii, Chrysichthys macropogon, Chrysichthys nigrita, Chrysichthys pitmani, Clarotes heuglini, Clarotes heuglinii, Clarotes macrocephalus, Octonematichthys nigrita, Pimelodus laticeps
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- pH
- 6.5–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 80 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 540 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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