| Clarias gariepinus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Siluriformes
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| Family:
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Clariidae
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| Genus:
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Clarias
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| Species:
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C. gariepinus
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| Binomial name
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Clarias gariepinus
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Extant (resident)
Extant & introduced (resident)
Extant & origin uncertain (resident)
Possibly extant (resident)
Possibly extant & introduced (resident)
Possibly extant & origin uncertain (resident)
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| Synonyms
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- Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822
- Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède, 1803
- Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852
- Clarias macracanthus Günther, 1864
- Clarias orontis Günther, 1864
- Clarias xenodon Günther, 1864
- Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893
- Clarias smithii Günther, 1896
- Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896
- Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896
- Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899
- Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899
- Clarias moorii Boulenger, 1901
- Clarias tsanensis Boulenger, 1902
- Clarias vinciguerrae Boulenger, 1902
- Clarias malaris Nichols & Griscom, 1917
- Clarias notozygurus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922
- Clarias depressus Myers, 1925
- Clarias muelleri Pietschmann, 1939
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Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.