Clarias gariepinus  (Burchell, 1822)
Image contributors to this species:
© Aqualog Verlag (2) Frants Lehmann (2 Stamps) Philip Marazzi (4) Karl-Heinz Dau (3 Stamps) Jean-Francois Helias  (3) Reinhold Wawrzynski(2)
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Relevant Information:	The 4 images by Philip Marazzi depict a dried up pool in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, East  Africa where  there are easy pickings for the Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus.
Common Name:	Sharptooth Catfish
Synonyms:	Silurus gariepinus
Family:	Clariidae  blycipitidae
Distribution:	Africa: almost Pan-Africa, absent from Maghreb, the upper and lower Guinea and  the  Cape  province  and probably also Nogal province. Asia, Jordan, Israel,  Lebanon, Syria  and southern Turkey. Widely introduced to other parts of Africa,  Europe and Asia. Several  countries report adverse ecological impact after  introduction. Trade restricted in  Germany
Size:	80cm. (31ins)
Temp:	20-26°C (68-79°F)
p.H.	6.0-7.5.