Bathyclarias worthingtoni

Bathyclarias worthingtoni is a species of fish in the Clariidae family.

The Bathyclarias worthingtoni lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Bathyclarias worthingtoni is a distinctive member of Lake Malawi's deepwater clariid species flock, usually recognizable immediately by the fleshy, swollen bases of the mandibular barbels (see drawings at the above link). The largest known specimen measured 81.4 cm (32 inches). More

Common names

Bathyclarias worthingtoni in Catalan (Català)
Mbumbu in Tumbuka
Nkopora in Nyanja
Nkopora in Swahili (Kiswahili)
沃氏脂鰭鬍鯰 in Mandarin Chinese
沃氏脂鳍胡鲶 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Siluriformes
Family : Clariidae
Genus : Bathyclarias
Species : Bathyclarias worthingtoni
Authority : Jackson, 1959