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Clarias dayi

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Clarias dayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. dayi
Binomial name
Clarias dayi
Hora, 1936

Clarias dayi is a species of airbreathing catfishes within the genus Clarias. It is found in bodies of water within the Wyanad Hills in Kerala, India[1] Its distribution is unlike C. dussumieri, which instead of being constricted to a certain area, is found in most bodies of water throughout the district.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lakra, W. S.; Sarkar, U.K.; Gopalkrishnan, A.; Kathirvelpandian, A. (2010). , Threatened Freshwater Fishes of India,. Lucknow: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resource. p. 11.
  2. ^ Binoy, V. V. (1 January 2010). "Catfish Clarias is vanishing from the waters of Kerala". CURRENT SCIENCE.