Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 151

Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879

Type-locality: Clarias buthupogon – “ Ogooué River at Doumé, Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN A-0896.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 30.1 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from coastal rivers of Benin and Nigeria over rivers Cross, Sanaga, Wouri and Ogowe ( Cameroon and Gabon) to the Congo River basin ( Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Zambia).