Bathyclarias
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Bathyclarias foveolatus.jpg
| image_caption = Bathyclarias foveolatus
| taxon = Bathyclarias
| authority = P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
| type_species = Clarias longibarbis
| type_species_authority = Worthington, 1933
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa.Anseaume, L.; and G.G. Teugels (1999). On the rehabilitation of the clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the East African Rift Lake Malawi. Fish Biology 55(2): 405–419. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00687.x Several are components of local commercial fisheries.
Species
There are currently contains eight recognized species:{{FishBase genus | genus = Bathyclarias| month = December | year = 2011}}
- Bathyclarias atribranchus (Greenwood, 1961)
- Bathyclarias eurydon P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias filicibarbis P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias foveolatus (P. B. N. Jackson, 1955)
- Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933)
- Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
- Bathyclarias rotundifrons P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
- Bathyclarias worthingtoni P. B. N. Jackson, 1959
References
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
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