Platyclarias machadoi

Platyclarias machadoi is the only species in the genus Platyclarias of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae.^[1] It originates from the upper Cuango River in Angola.^[1] It reaches up to 20.1 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.^[2] P. machadoi is easily identified among the clariids due to its extremely flattened head relative to other clariids.^[3] Platyclarias was only known from a single collection of 22 specimens in 1967 until the early 2000s when two additional specimens were collected from the Kwanza River.^[4]

Platyclarias machadoi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Clariidae
Genus:	Platyclarias Poll, 1977
Species:	P. machadoi
Binomial name
Platyclarias machadoi Poll, 1977