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North African catfish

Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

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Swaziland Red Data Status: Overall abundant
Southern African Red Data Status:
International Red Data Status: Least Concern 2018 IUCN Red List
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Comments: Widely distributed throughout the country except in the highveld. Also abundant in dams. (Hyslop, 1994)

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 51 records, from 1967/07/29 to 2019/02/01

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