Clarias gariepinus Burchell 1822
Authors/Creators
- 1. Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria.
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 3. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 4. Staatliches Museum f ¸ r Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 6. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Description
Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822 [N]—North African catfish; Sallour aswad
Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus (Heterobranchus) gariepinus Burchell, 1822: 425, fig.on p. 445 [Vaal River, at Smidtsdrift, above confluence with Riet River, Cape Province, South Africa (28°42’10”S, 24°04’29”E); neotype: SAIAB 520; neotype evidently selected by Bruton & Teugels (1982) but first published in Skelton & Teugels (1992) (see Seegers (1996: 206)].—Syrian synonyms: Clarias orontis Günther, 1864; Clarias lazera Valenciennes 1840.—Revisions: Teugels (1982: 442).—Illustration: Skelton & Teugels (1992: figs. 1-2).
Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Sauvage (1882: 163) as Clarias orontis; confirmed by Gruvel (1931); Beckman (1962: 173) as Clarias lazera, Ali (2003); Al-Horani (2005); Saad et al. (2006).—Syrian material: BMNH, MNHN, MSL.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Euphrates and Tigris river basins, Orontes River and Yamuk River.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo, 3-Desert, 4-Orontes, 5- Barada & Awaj, 6-Coastal, 7-Al-Yarmouk.—General distribution: Widespread in Africa, Asia Minor and Middle East. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 437-Orontes, 438- Jordan River, 440-Arabian Interior, 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.— Habitat: This species is a benthopelagic (living and feeding near the bottom as well as in midwaters or near the surface), potamodromous (migratory), and freshwater fish species. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: This species is of major economic importance all over its range and it is even an important aquaculture species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Burchell
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Species
- gariepinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822 sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023
References
- Burchell, W. J. (1822) Travels in the interior of southern Africa. 2 Vols. London, xi + 582 + 4 pp., 1 Map & 648 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100911
- Teugels, G. G. (1982) Preliminary results of a morphological study of five African species of the subgenus Clarias (Clarias) (Pisces; Clariidae). Journal of Natural History, 16 (3), 439 - 464. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938200770351
- Seegers, L. (1996) The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Serie in 8 o, Sciences Zoologiques, 278, 1 - 407.
- Sauvage, H. - E. (1882) Catalogue des poissons recueillis par M. E. Chantre pendant son voyage en Syrie, Haute-Mesopotamie, Kurdistan et Caucase. Bulletin de la Societe philomathique de Paris, Serie 7, 6, 163 - 168. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4885.2.2
- Gruvel, A. (1931) Les etats de Syrie, richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle - Avenir. Socieitei dd'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, Paris, 453 pp.
- Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.
- Ali, A. (2003) A study of the qualitative and quantitative composition and biogeographical distribution of fish in the Khabur River Basin. Master Thesis, Tishreen University, Syria. 106 pp.
- Al-Horani, M. (2005) Study of the biodiversity of fish fauna in the Yarmouk river Basin and the Awaj river (southern region of Syria). A master thesis registered at the University of Tesali, Greece, and Tishreen University (joint Syrian-Greek supervision), University of Tesali, Volos and Tishreen University, Latakia, 72 pp.
- Saad, A., Hammoud, N., Khalaf, Gh., Alzin, Gh., Al Hawi, E. & Ali, A. (2006) A comparative study of the biological diversity of fish fauna in the Orontes River basin in both Syria and Lebanon. Sustainable Agricultural Development and Food Security Conference, 6 - 9 November 2006. Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria. [unknown pagination]
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)