General information
Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822 Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepede, 1803 Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852 Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893 Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896 Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896 Clarias depressus Myers, 1925 Clarias notozygurus Lonnberg & Rendahl, 1922 Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822 Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepede, 1803 Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852 Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893 Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896 Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896 Clarias depressus Myers, 1925 Clarias notozygurus Lonnberg & Rendahl, 1922
Least Concern (LC)
Freshwater
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Clariidae.
India; China; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam; Israel; Iraq; Egypt; Myanmar; Jordan; Syria; Laos; Cambodia; Nepal; Turkey; Russia; South Africa; Tanzania; Algeria; Angola; Libya; Somalia; Kenya; Nigeria; Namibia; Cameroon; Mozambique; Ghana; Mauritania; Sudan; Ivory Coast; Eritrea; Senegal; Guinea; France; Greece; Netherlands; Brazil; Argentina; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Niger; Rwanda; Swaziland; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Native: Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, South Africa, Tanzania, Algeria, Angola, Libya, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ghana, Sudan, Eritrea, Senegal, Guinea, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not established: Russia, France, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland
Questionable: Mauritania
Food/sports
Nil
Karyological information
Blood leucocytes culture.
38 (20 male, 18 female).
56
8m+24sm+24a (male), 8m+25sm+23a (female).
88 (male), 89 (femal
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Female karyotypes exhibited a heteromorphic pair suspected to be sex chromosome complex.
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Eyo JE (2005). Cytogenetic variations in Clarias species (Clariidae: Surulifromis) of the Anambra river using leucocytes culture techniques. Animal Research International, 2(1): 275- 286.
