Clarias gariepinus

Clarias gariepinus
Conservation status
LC (mul)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata (mul)
Class	Actinopteri (mul)
Order	Siluriformes (mul)
Dangi	Clariidae (mul)
Genus	Clarias (mul)
jinsi	Clarias gariepinus Burch., 1822
Geographic distribution

Kama (shuɗi) da kuma noman kifi (kore) na kifin kifin Arewacin Afirka ( Clarias gariepinus ) a cikin tan dubu daga 1950 zuwa 2022, kamar yadda FAO ta ruwaito

Clarias gariepinus ko kuma kifin Afirka mai kaifi iri ɗaya ne na kifin catfish na dangin Clariidae, kifin catfish mai numfashi ta iska.

Rarrabawa

Ana samun su a ko'ina cikin Afirka da Gabas ta Tsakiya, kuma suna zaune a cikin tafkuna masu ruwa-ruwa, koguna, da fadama, da kuma wuraren da mutane suka gina, kamar tafkunan iskar shaka ko ma najasar birane.

An gabatar da kifin Afirka mai kaifi a ko'ina cikin duniya a farkon shekarun 1980 don amfanin kiwon kaji, don haka ana samunsa a ƙasashen da ke wajen wurin da yake zama, kamar Cuba, Hispaniola ( Jamhuriyar Dominican da Haiti ), Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, da Indiya . A ƙasashen da nau'ikan Clarias na asali ke faruwa, kamar Indonesia, ana iya bambanta kifin kaifi mai kaifi; a Indonesia, ana kiransa lele dumbo .

Bayani

Tsalle sama a wani reshe na Kogin Sabie, Kruger NP

Samfurin daga Bogor, Indonesia (wani lokacin ana noma shi)

Kifin kifin sharptooth na Afirka babban kifi ne mai kama da kifin eel, yawanci launin toka mai duhu ko baƙi ne a baya, yana shuɗewa zuwa farin ciki. A Afirka, an ruwaito cewa wannan kifin catfish yana da girma na biyu bayan vundu na ruwan Zambesian, kodayake FishBase ya nuna cewa kifin sharptooth na Afirka ya fi wannan nau'in tsayi da nauyi.

C. gariepinus yana da matsakaicin tsawon babba na 1–1.5 metres (3 ft 3 in–4 ft 11 in) . Ya kai matsakaicin tsayin 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) TL kuma yana iya auna har zuwa 60 kilograms (130 lb) . Waɗannan kifayen suna da jiki siriri, kai mai faɗi, mai laushi fiye da na Silurus, da kuma baki masu faɗi, masu maƙalli guda huɗu. Suna kuma da manyan gabobin numfashi masu haɗawa waɗanda suka ƙunshi baka na gill . Haka kuma, fin-fin na pectoral ne kawai ke da kashin baya.

Halaye

Kifi ne mai kama da kifin catfish da yawa. Yana cin dabbobi masu rai, da kuma waɗanda suka mutu (kamar kwari, plankton, katantanwa, kaguwa, jatan lande, sauran dabbobi marasa kaciya, tsuntsaye, dabbobi masu rarrafe, masu ruwa da tsaki, ƙananan dabbobi masu shayarwa, sauran kifaye, da ƙwai ) da kuma ƙwayoyin shuka kamar 'ya'yan itace da iri . Saboda faɗin bakinsa, yana iya haɗiye babban abincin da aka kama gaba ɗaya. An san yana ɗaukar manyan tsuntsayen ruwa kamar na moorhen . Hakanan yana iya rarrafe a kan busasshiyar ƙasa don tserewa daga busasshiyar tafki. Bugu da ƙari, yana iya rayuwa a cikin laka mara zurfi na dogon lokaci, tsakanin lokacin damina.