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Fish Watcher Record |
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Contributor: Beng Yong Tang
| ID: 835 Country: Singapore Address: Web page: |
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| Species: | Clarias gariepinus | ||||
| Attachment: | Cgariepinus.jpg | ||||
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| Locality:* | Pandan Canal, downstream from Clementi road | ||||
| Type: | River | ||||
| Salinity:* | freshwater | ||||
| Water depth: | 1 - 1 m | ||||
| Latitude:* | 1° 19.18' N Latitude (dec): 1.3196666717529 | ||||
| Longitude:* | 103° 46.33' E Longitude (dec): 103.77216669718 | ||||
| Accuracy: | +/- 1 nm | ||||
| Country:* | Singapore | ||||
| FAO area:* | Pacific, Western Central | ||||
| Temp.: | 32°C | ||||
| Date:* | 30/06/2004, dd/mm/yyyy | ||||
| Day time: | 19:00 - h e.g. 13:00 - 15:00 | ||||
| Length:* | 30 cm Type:* TL | ||||
| Weight: | g | ||||
| Abundance: | common (usually seen) | ||||
| Life stage: | juveniles | ||||
| Sex: | undetermined | ||||
| Gear: | Cast Net | ||||
| Source: | saw fishermen catch the fish | ||||
| Remark: | A newly introduced species, also found in Nanyang Technological University pond, possibly elsewhere. May have been imported as fry to use as fish food for Luohan / flower horn cichlids in the aquarium trade. Locally it grows to over 2 feet in length. This species may have caused the extinction of the only native fish species in this canal: Mystus gulio (locally called 'baung' catfish). | ||||
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