Clarias gariepinus ';
General information
 
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
 
 
Common nameNorth African catfish
Synonyms
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
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Clariidae.
Geographical distribution
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
Occurrence Introduced: India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Iraq, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Ivory Coast, Greece, Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Gabon, Lesotho
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
Importance
Food/sports
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Not reported
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
7
Diploid chromosome number
56
Karyotype formula
20m+16sm+10st+10t
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nill
Reference(s)
Nagpure NS, Kushwaha B, Srivastava SK, Ponniah AG (2000). Karyomorphology of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (clariidae). Chromosome Science, 4: 43-44.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image