Clarias gariepinus
Description
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
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Body elongated; greatest depth contained 5.5 to 9.3 and caudal peduncle depth 9.9 to 16.1 times in SL; head length 2.9 to 3.8, anal-fin base length 2.1 to 2.7, maxillary-barbel length 1.6 to 6.5 in SL; snout length 3.7 to 5.7, horizontal orbital diameter 7.6 to 19.2, least interorbital width 2.2 to 2.7 in HL. Mouth terminal with dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla, vomer and dentary. Dorsal fin with 61- 79, pectoral fin with I,9-12, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 45-60 rays (Hanssens, 2009). Ground color grey to yellowish, abdominal region white.
Maximum standard length. 700.0 mm.
Biological data. Lives in lakes, rivers and seasonally swampy areas (Winemiller, Kelso-Winemiller, 1996). Feeds on plant material, plankton, arthropods, mollusks, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (Yalçin et al., 2001).
Distribution. Africa and Asia Minor; introduced elsewhere (Eschmeyer et al., 2017).
Remarks. Clarias gariepinus, native of Africa, has been captured in the upper rio Paraná floodplain since 2005 by Nupélia staff. Its occurrence in the region can be associated with fish-farming and escapes from recreational angling ponds.
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Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3678435 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3678395 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB0397B3847FFE9FFB4FFDA2B5A0600 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Burchell
- Species
- gariepinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) sec. Ota, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018
References
- Hanssens M. A review of the Clarias species (Pisces; Siluriformes) from the lower Congo and the Pool Malebo. J Afrotrop Zool. 2009; 5: 27 - 40.
- Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC. Comparative ecology of catfishes of the upper Zambezi River floodplain. J Fish Biol. 1996; 49 (6): 1043 - 61.
- Yalcin S, Akyurt I, Solak K. Stomach contents of the catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) in the River Asi (Turkey). Turk J Zool. 2001; 25: 461 - 68.
- Eschmeyer WN, Fricke R, van der Laan R, editors. Catalog of fishes: genera, species, references [Internet]. San Francisco: California Academy of Science; 2017 [updated 2017 Jan 31; cited 2017 Feb 24]. Available from: http: // researcharchive. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp