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Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
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 Sharptoothed Catfish in English
African catfish in English
African mushi in language.
African sharptooth catfish in English
African walking catfish in English
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikaanse meerval in Dutch
Afrikanischer Raubwels in German
Afrikanischer Raubwels in German
Afrikanischer Wels in German
Afrikanischer raubwels in German
Afrikansk Vandrarmal in Swedish
Afrikansk ålemalle in language.
Ambaazaa in Oromo
Ambaza in Amharic
Andouma in language.
Arira in Igbo
Aro in Yoruba
Bagre de dientes afilados in Spanish
Bagre-africano in Portuguese
Balbout in Arabic
Bambara in Wolof
Barbel in English
Barbel in English
Bombe in language.
Bomu in language.
Catfish in English
Chibomu in language.
Claria in Spanish
Common Catfish in English
Cá Trê Phi in Vietnamese
Dituni in Tswana
Garmut in Arabic
Hotte in Arabic
Jättikonnamonni in Finnish
Kambale in Swahili
Kambale Mumi in Swahili
Kambali in Swahili
Karmout Lazeer in Arabic
Karmut in Arabic
Kemudu in Kanuri
Kiemensackwels in German
Kiemensackwels in German
Klarias in Greek, Modern (1453-)

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 & Pauli (2023) Fishbase
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (2016) Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database (accessed 2016). http://www.issg.org/database
  7. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  8. 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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