Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 152

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.