Clarias
macrocephalus x Clarias gariepinus
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contributors to this species: |
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Jean-Francois
Helias (4) |
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| Relevant
Information: |
These images by contributor
Jean-Francois Helias depict a hybrid between C. macrocephalus
(Asia) and C.gariepinus (Africa) ) these 2 species were
caught in a Lake in Thailand. They are produced in Thailand in
a commercial scale for the food market, as it is a preferred taste.
Pond culture of this species was begun at the end of the 1960s
and the beginning of 1970s. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Clariidae
blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Thailand, Viet-Nam |
| Size:
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80cm.
(31ins) |
| Temp: |
20-26°C
(68-79°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
| Reference:
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Food and Agriculture
Organization of the united Nations: Manual
on seed production of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) |
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Family: Clariidae
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Clarias macrocephalus
x gariepinus
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 Clarias
macrocephalus x
gariepinus
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 Clarias
macrocephalus x
gariepinus
Caught by Jean-Francois Helias
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 Clarias
macrocephalus x
gariepinus
Showing the occipital process on head
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