Clarias gariepinus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan
Description
23. Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) ―Sharptooth Catfish― Exotic
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 [formerly RUSI] 520]. Synonyms: Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840; Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède, 1803; Clarias depressus Myers, 1925; Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896; Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia (by Siddiqui et al. (1992), and confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020).
General distribution. Widespread in Africa, Asia Minor and Middle East. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Al-Kharj south of Riyadh, and in Medina.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
Remarks. It was introduced into Saudi Arabia in 1987 (Siddiqui et al. 1992). Its establishment needs confirmation.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SAIAB
- Material sample ID
- 520
- Scientific name authorship
- Burchell
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Species
- gariepinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- neotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) sec. Esmaeili & Hamidan, 2023
References
- Siddiqui, A. Q., Al-Najada, A. R. & Al-Hinty, H. M. (1992) Induced spawning and larval rearing of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822), in Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 103, 129 - 144.
- Freyhof, J., Feulner, G. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Krupp, F. (2020) Freshwater fishes Fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Motivate Media Group, Dubia, 272 pp.