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Catfish
Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAbu Shanab (ara) · Adewuyie (ewe) · Arira (ibo) · Aro (yor) · Denor (gle) · Dlugowas Senegalski (pol) · Garmut (ara) · Hana Noma (hau) · Hoot (ara) · Karmout Zaflout (ara) · Kemudu (kau) · Kuluni (hau) · Mangani (ara) · Niilinankeriasmonni (fin)
First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. This species was identified as being from the Nile River, Egypt, and reported from Syria by Linnaeus (1764) and Russell (1794). However, Syria is not included in the natural distribution range of the species. Previous reports of C. anguillaris from Syria probably refer to C. gariepinus.
Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Clarias anguillaris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5202782.