An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon
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Fermon, Yves
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Cardiec, Floriane
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Causse, Romain
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Chartrain, Emmanuel
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Chirio, Laurent
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Bruyne, Godefroy De
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Deynat, Pascal
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Hopkins, Carl D.
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Lamboj, Anton
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Mennesson, Marion I.
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Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve
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Paugy, Didier
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Sidlauskas, Brian
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Sullivan, John P.
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Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De
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Vigliotta, Thomas R.
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Zee, Jouke Van Der
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Cybium
2022
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10904647
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
2101-0315
Clarias gariepinus
(Burchell, 1822)
Occurrence:
introduced
Maximum length:
170 cm
TL
Water
type
: freshwater
Environment: benthopelagic
Depth range: _
Migration: potamodromous
IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)
Source: preserved
Distribution and remarks: almost Pan-African, absent only from North Africa except
Algeria
, where it native to the streams in the Tolga oasis at the northern margin of the Sahara, as well as gueltas on the northern slopes of the Tassili n’Ajjer. It is also known from the
Tibesti
and Ennedi massives in
Chad
. It is in the Nile but absent from the upper and Lower
Guinea
regions and the Cape Province and probably also Nogal Province. It has been introduced to other parts of Africa as well as to tropical and subtropical Asia.