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Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864

Bighead catfish
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Common names: Alimudan, Catfish, Hito
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Taal Lake in 1995 (Ref. 13446), Laguna de Bay (Ref. 80824) and Lake Lanao (Ref. 95183). Collected from Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija as specimen for living fish museum (Ref. 81820). Found in a muddy substrate and shallow water of Lake Manguao (Ref. 50862). Known as the native hito. Usually cooked as 'inihaw'.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Conlu, P.V., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clarias: Greek, chlaros = lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water.
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce; estuarina bentopelágico; potamódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 1 - ? m (Ref. 9987).   Tropical; 34°N - 4°N

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Asia: Thailand to Viet Nam. Introduced to China, Malaysia, Guam and the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9987); peso máx. Publicado: 45.0 kg (Ref. 9987)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0. Distinguished from Southeast Asian congeners by an extremely short and rounded occipital process and by a very high dorsal fin. The combination of these characters are diagnostic for the species (Ref. 33566). Occipital process wide, broadly curved, with length 3-5 times in its width; distance between dorsal and occipital process 5-7 times in distance from tip of snout to end of occipital process (Ref. 43281).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Lives in lowland wetlands and rivers (Ref. 57235). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Occurs in shallow, open water and is capable of lying buried in mud for lengthy period if ponds and lakes evaporate during dry seasons (Ref. 9987). Can move out of the water using its extended fins (Ref. 9987). Found in medium to large-sized rivers, stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals and flooded fields of the Mekong (Ref. 12975). Spawns in small streams (Ref. 9987). Feeds on aquatic insects, young shrimps and small fishes (Ref. 6459). In Thailand, it was thought wrongly as female of Clarias batrachus (Ref 2686). Important foodfish and in pond cultures (Ref. 57235). Marketed live, fresh and frozen; consumed fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). Cultivated on a small scale but attempts to farm it are increasing (Ref. 9987).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Eggs are attached to the roots of plants. Male takes charge of these eggs until they are hatched out.

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Teugels, G.G., R.C. Diego, L. Pouyaud and M. Legendre, 1999. Redescription of Clarias macrocephalus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from South-East Asia. Cybium 23(3):285-295. (Ref. 33566)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Dados insuficientes (DD) ; Date assessed: 17 January 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless




Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquacultura: espécies comerciais
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00434 - 0.01593), b=2.98 (2.82 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.58 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref. 120179):  Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Assuming tm=1; Fec=800-14,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.