Clarias gariepinus (Burchell)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 139

Clarias gariepinus (Burchell)

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Distribution. Plover Cove Reservoir, Kowloon Reception Reservoir ( Lai, 2011); Ho Chung River (DSD, 2021); Ng Tung River (GBIF.org, 2021); Ko Po area (Fanling); Kam Tin River, Tin Shui Wai River, Aberdeen Upper Reservoir, Aberdeen Lower Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, Kowloon Byewash Reservoir, Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, Shing Mun Reservoir, Lower Shing Mun Reservoir, Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Wong Nai Chung Reservoir, Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir, Tsing Tam Reservoir, High Island Reservoir (H.T. Cheng, pers. comm., 2021); Tan Shan River, Tung Tsz Stream, Lam Tsuen River (current survey).

Native range. Central and South America.

Remarks. These records might comprise several species, which are not identifiable to species level due to complex taxonomy and hybridisation ( Wu et al., 2011).

Figures

Fig. 17. Clarias gariepinus, 916 mm SL, Waterfall Bay Stream, photographed by Samuel C.L. Ho.