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Heterobranchus longifilis Valenciennes, 1840

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae
genus
Heterobranchus
species
Heterobranchus longifilis

Name

Synonyms
Clarias loangwensis Worthington, 1933
Heterobranchus laticeps Peters, 1852
Heterobranchus longifinis Valenciennes, 1840
Heterobranchus platycephalus Nichols & LaMonte, 1934
Homonyms
Heterobranchus longifilis Valenciennes, 1840
Common names
Aso in language.
Azu isii in language.
Biblique in language.
Catfish in English
Coro in language.
Cur in language.
Denor in language.
Fusan in language.
Garmout in Arabic
Giyoko in language.
Isu in language.
Kairo in language.
Karkour Assli in Arabic
Karmout in Arabic
Labe in language.
Lenda in language.
Lifo in language.
Lifonde in language.
Ngaru in language.
Nhumi in language.
Oliiviahmattimonni in language.
Pondo in language.
Pɔliyɔfin in Bambara
Ramboshi in language.
Sampa in English
Seega in language.
Sumi in language.
Surta in Arabic
Toruye in language.
Tshota mualwa in language.
Viiksiankeriasmonni in language.
Vundu in English
Vundu-malle in language.
Wonyi in language.
Wunduwels in German
keříčkovec egyptský in Czech
Длинноусый гетеробранх in Russian
וונדו in Hebrew
ปลาวุนดู in Thai
ヒゲナガヒレナマズ in Japanese
長絲異鰓鯰 in language.
长丝异鳃鲶 in language.
Vundu in English
Aso in language.
Azu isii in language.
Biblique in language.
Catfish in English
Cur in language.
Denor in language.
Garmout in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.].
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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