Lake Victoria deepwater catfish [SEP] parent taxon
Lake Victoria deepwater catfish
The Lake Victoria deepwater catfish ("Xenoclarias eupogon") is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It is monotypic within the genus Xenoclarias. This species is endemic to Lake Victoria, and is found in deeper areas of the lake, from 
. This species is threatened with extinction or may already be extinct due to predation by the introduced Nile perch as well as other recent ecological changes. This species grows to about SL.
by this parasite are common at Lake Victoria. This may increase as a result of the spread of the invasive water hyacinth (an optimum snail habitat), and the loss of many snail-eating cichlids in the lake.
Fisheries.
Lake Victoria supports Africa's largest inland fishery (as of 1997). Initially the fishery involved native species, especially tilapia and haplochromine cichlids, but also catfish ("Bagrus", "Clarias", "Synodontis" and silver butter catfish), elephantfish, ningu ("