Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928)
Lake Victoria deepwater catfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Clarias eupogon Norman, 1928
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1997
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Lake Victoria, East Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Norman, J. R. (1928). Two new fishes from Lake Victoria. Ann. Mag. nut. Hist. (10) 2: 104-106.
Other references:
Barlow, George W. (2000). The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution. Perseus Publishing.
Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1986. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA II) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France.
Eccles, D.H. 1992. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Gee, J. M. (1975). The genus Xenoclarias (Pisces, Siluriformes) in Lake Victoria, with a redescription of Xenoclarias eupogon and notes on the biology of the species. Journal of Zoology, Lond., 175:201-217. [Abstract]
Goudswaard, K. and Witte, F. 1997. The catfish fauna of Lake Victoria after the Nile perch upsurge. Environmental Biology of Fishes 49: 21-43
Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 2006. Xenoclarias eupogon. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60380A12344167. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60380A12344167.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2015.
Rinne, John N. (1980). Notes on the occurrence and biology of Xenoclarias Greenwood (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in Lake Victoria, East Africa. Journal of Natural History 14(4): 579-587. [Abstract]
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