Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 152

Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 35.6 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from the central and upper Congo River basin. Some records from affluent streams to Pool Malebo and the lower Congo. In the Lower Guinea, it is known from the Sanaga ( Cameroon) to the Ogowe ( Gabon). Elsewhere, it has been reported from the Oueme River in Benin (but this record is doubtful).