Platyallabes tihoni

Platyallabes tihoni is the only species in the genus Platyallabes of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae.[1] This species is found in the Malebo Pool.[1] P. tihoni has a body plan that is intermediate to the generalized, fusiform (torpedo-shaped) type such as Clarias species and the anguilliform (eel-shaped) type such as Gymnallabes.[2] This species is known to grow up to 52.8 centimetres (20.8 in) TL.[3]

Platyallabes tihoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Platyallabes
Poll, 1977
Species:
P. tihoni
Binomial name
Platyallabes tihoni
(Poll, 1944)
Synonyms

Gymnallabes tihoni Poll, 1944

References

  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.232.798. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. Devaere, Stijn; Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter (2005). "Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)". Journal of Natural History. 39 (19): 1653–1673. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.596.7003. doi:10.1080/00222930400020103.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Platyallabes tihoni" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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