- Title
- A comparison of three techniques for fluorochrome marking of juvenile Clarias gariepinus otoliths
- Creator
- Wartenberg, Reece, Booth, Anthony J, Weyl, Olaf L F
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/123520
- Identifier
- vital:35450
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.3377/004.046.0119
- Description
- African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822), is widely distributed with a natural range that extends from southern Turkey to the Orange River, South Africa (Skelton 2001). In addition to translocations within its southerly range (Cambray 2003), Cambray (2005) noted that as a result of poor aquaculture practices and introductions from a number of unknown sources, C. gariepinus has now invaded South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its life history characteristics include a fast growth rate to a maximum length of 1300mmtotal length (TL) (Bruton 1976), a high fecundity, an omnivorous diet and the ability to breathe air (de Moor & Bruton 1988; Cambray 2003). Understanding the biology and population dynamics of this invader would assist in its management and possibly eradication.
- Format
- 7 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Zoology, Wartenberg, R., Booth, A.J. and Weyl, O.L., 2011. A comparison of three techniques for fluorochrome marking of juvenile Clarias gariepinus otoliths. African Zoology, 46(1), pp.72-77, African Zoology volume 46 number 1 72 77 2011 1562-7020
- Rights
- African Zoology
- Rights
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