Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944) |
Family: | Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes) | |||
Max. size: | 52.8 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
Distribution: | Africa: lower Congo River basin, Pool Malebo (=Stanley Pool) (Ref. 78218) and the lower reaches of the Middle Congo River, just upstream of Pool Malebo (Ref. 104438). | |||
Diagnosis: | ||||
Biology: | No real information available on the biology of this species. Apparently live in crevices between stones and rocks where they burry themselves in the substrate (Ref. 78218). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless |