Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Clarias gariepinus listed in key words.

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32446 Journal Article Bruton, M.N. 1979. The food and feeding behaviour of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Sibaya, South Africa, with emphasis on its role as a predator of cichlids. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35:47-114. https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb00057.x.
32441 Journal Article Dadebo, E. 2000. Reproductive biology and feeding habits of the catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Awassa, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science 23(2):231-246. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sinet/article/view/18168.
32434 Journal Article Dadebo, E. 2009. Filter-feeding habit of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822 (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Chamo, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences 8(1):15-30. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejbs/article/view/89769.
32435 Journal Article Dadebo, E., D. Aemro, and Y. Tekle-Giorgis. 2014. Food and feeding habits of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Koka, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology 52(4):471-478. https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.12146.
45408 Journal Article Duc Dien, T., E.V. Ganzha, N.T. Duc Hieu, and E.D. Pavlov. 2025. Non-native and native fish occurrence and distribution in the Suoi Trau
reservoir (Central Vietnam). BioInvasions Records 14(1):123-139. https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2025/1/BIR_2025_TranDucDien_etal.pdf.
33970 Journal Article Everard, M., A.C. Pinder, R. Raghavan, and G. Kataria. 2019. Are well‐intended Buddhist practices an under‐appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29:136-141. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.2997.
32451 Web Page FAO. 2010. Cultured aquatic species information programme: Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Clarias_gariepinus/en. Created on 01/01/2010. Accessed on 02/07/2019.
38759 Journal Article Laurenson, L.J.B., C.H. Hocutt, and T. Hecht. 1989. An evaluation of the success of invasive fish species of the Great Fish River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 5(1):28-34. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230313313_An_evaluation_of_the_success_of_invasive_fish_species_of_the_Great_Fish_River.
45112 Journal Article Mpopetsi, P.P., and W.T. Kadye. 2024. Isotopic diversity and niche patterns reveal contrasting resource use among co-occurring non-native fishes within a flow-altered African river system. Biological Invasions 26:2095-2117. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-024-03297-3.
45480 Journal Article Nobrega, F., M.T. Dumith, F. Salgueiro, and A.F.G.N. Santos. 2024. Genetic origin and morphometric traits of invasive African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in a protected area in southeastern Brazil. Environmental Biology of Fishes 107:369-380. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-024-01536-z.
45492 Journal Article Obirikorang, K.A., E.A. Viala, J. Akrokoh, D.K. Mensah, H. Adejei, J.O. Bediako, E.O. Agyemang, R. Edziyie, and P.V. Skov. 2025. Air-breathing behaviour of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in response to different hypoxia, hypercapnia and temperature regimes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 108:807-820. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-025-01684-w.
32423 Journal Article Rodriguez-Barreras, R., and C. Zapata-Arroyo. 2019. The first record of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Puerto Rico. International Journal of Aquatic Sciences 10(2):98-100. http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_81042.html.
32436 Journal Article Spataru, P., W.J.A.R. Viveen, and M. Gophen. 1987. Food composition of Clarias gariepinus (= C. lazera) (Cypriniformes, Clariidae) in Lake Kinneret (Israel). Hydrobiologia 144:77-82. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00008053.
32422 Journal Article Vitule, J.R.S., S.C. Umbria, and J.M.R. Aranha. 2006. Introduction of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) into southern Brazil. Biological Invasions 8:677-681. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-005-2535-8.
32442 Journal Article Weyl, O.L.F., V.S. Daga, B.R. Ellender, and J.R.S. Vitule. 2016. A review of Clarias gariepinus in Brazil and South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology 89:386-402. https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12958.


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