Platyclarias machadoi

Taxobox
name = "Platyclarias machadoi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Clariidae
genus = "Platyclarias"
genus_authority = Poll, 1977
species = "P. machadoi"
binomial = "Platyclarias machadoi"
binomial_authority = Poll, 1977

"Platyclarias machadoi" is the only species in the genus "Platyclarias" of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae.cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] It originates from the upper Cuango River in Angola. It reaches up to 20.1 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. [FishBase species|genus=Platyclarias|species=machadoi|year=2008|month=Oct] "P. machadoi" is easily identified among the clariids due to its extremely flattened head relative to other clariids.cite journal|title=Morphology of the cranial system of "Platyclarias machadoi": interdependencies of skull flattening and suspensorial structure in Clariidae|Journal=Zoomorphology|Volume=125|issue=2|year=2006|first=Stijn|last=Devaere|coauthors=Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter]

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