Clarias kapuasensis

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Clarias kapuasensis
Illustration with possible coloration based on Clarias kapuasensis sp. nov., holotype and description
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. kapuasensis
Binomial name
Clarias kapuasensis
Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
Clarias kapuasensis is located in Borneo
Nanga Pinoh
Holotype (Mar. 2000)
Meliau
Paratypes (Mar. 2000)
Clarias kapuasensis (Borneo)

Clarias kapuasensis is a species of clariid catfish from Borneo. It has been described from the upper part of the River Kapuas (Western Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Supposed habitat of Clarias kapuasensis, swamps around Lake Sentarum

It can be found in peat swamps just bordering the Kapuas river and its tributaries; the holotype was collected in swampy areas alongside the river Melawi in the upper part of the Kapuas River, with paratypes collected in peat swamps just bordering Lake Sentarum, both locations in West Kalimantan Province, Borneo.[2]

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