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Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae
genus
Clarias
species
Clarias gariepinus

Name

Synonyms
Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840
Clarias depressus Myers, 1925
Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896
Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840
Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899
Clarias macracanthus Günther, 1864
Clarias malaris Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896
Clarias micropthalmus Pfeffer, 1896
Clarias moorii Boulenger, 1901
Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852
Clarias muelleri Pietschmann, 1939
Clarias notozygurus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922
Clarias orontis Günther, 1864
Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893
Clarias smithii Günther, 1896
Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840
Clarias tsanensis Boulenger, 1902
Clarias vinciguerrae Boulenger, 1902
Clarias xenodon Günther, 1864
Homonyms
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
Common names
Aalbüschelwels in German
Aalbüschelwels in German
Abu shanab in Arabic
African catfish in English
African catfish in English
African mushi in Malayalam
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikanischer Raubwels in German
Afrikanischer Wels in German
Afrikanischer raubwels in German
Afrikansk vandrarmal in Swedish
Afrikansk ålemalle in Danish
Ambaazaa in Oromo
Ambaza in Amharic
Andouma in language.
Arira in Igbo
Aro in Yoruba
Attek in language.
Bagre-africano in Portuguese
Balbout in Arabic
Baleewu in language.
Bambara in Wolof
Barbel in English
Barbel in English
Barbel in English
Bavhuri in Venda
Betakay in Tigrinya
Betekay in Tigrinya
Bokalo in language.
Bokalo in language.
Bombe in Nyanja
Bombe in language.
Bomu in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Bomu in Nyanja
Bomu in language.
Bwituka in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Catfish in English
Catfish in English
Chibomu in language.
Chibomu in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Cik in language.
Cogo in language.
Common catfish in English
Common catfish in English
Common catfish in English
Cá Trê Phi in Vietnamese
Dera in language.
Ejengi in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO (2016) Fisheries and Aquaculture topics. Introduction of species. Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. Rome. http://www.fao.org/fishery/introsp/search/en (accessed 2016). http://www.fao.org/fishery/introsp/search/en
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  5. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (2016) Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database (accessed 2016). http://www.issg.org/database
  6. Wikimedia Foundation (2016) Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 2016). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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