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Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

North African catfish
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Angola country information

Common names: Mburi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the southern Congo River basin, the Kunene, the Cuanza (Ref. 120641), Cubango (Okavango basin) and upper Zambezi (Ref. 11970, 120641).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Teugels, G.G., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Clarias: Greek, chlaros = lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water;  gariepinus: Named after its type locality, the Gariep river, the Hottentot name for the Orange river, South Africa..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia


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