Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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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 language.; Betekay in language.; Bokalo in language.; Bokalo in language.; Bombe in language.; Bombe in Nyanja; Bomu in language.; Bomu in Tonga (Tonga Islands); Bomu in Nyanja; 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.

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