Author: (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976)
Comments: Affinities: superficially similar to <i>B. salessei</i> (complete lateral line, without barbel); <i>B. clauseni</i> is also related to <i>B. sylvaticus</i>, the latter having only 8 scales around the caudal peduncle and no pored scales in the lateral line; the distance between the type localities of these two species is only 100 km (Ref. 2940). Maximum TL was recorded at 4.2 cm (Ref. 2801).