Platyallabes tihoni

Taxobox
name = "Platyallabes tihoni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Clariidae
genus = "Platyallabes"
genus_authority = Poll, 1977
species = "P. tihoni"
binomial = "Platyallabes tihoni"
binomial_authority = (Poll, 1944)
synonyms = "Gymnallabes tihoni" Poll, 1944

"Platyallabes tihoni" is the only species in the genus "Platyallabes" 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] This species is found in the Malebo Pool. "P. tihoni" has a body plan that is intermediate to the generalized, fusiform (torpedo-shaped) type such as "Clarias" species and the anguilliform (eel-shaped) type such as "Gymnallabes".cite journal|title=Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of "Platyallabes tihoni" (Poll, 1944)|first=Stijn|last=Devaere|coauthors=Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter|journal=Journal of Natural History|year=2005|volume=39|issue=19|pages=1653–1673] This species is known to grow up to 52.8 centimetres (20.8 in) TL. [FishBase species|genus=Platyallabes|species=tihoni|year=2008|month=Oct]

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