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Sharptooth Catfish

Clarias gariepinus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 51, February 37, March 31, April 38, May 20, June 15, July 12, August 24, September 24, October 44, November 25, December 31.
South Africa352
China96
Israel92
Northern District70
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region67
KwaZulu-Natal66
Limpopo61
Mpumalanga53
India49
Gauteng48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilyAirbreathing Catfishes · Clariidae
GenusClarias

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