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 the 1970s.
Clarias
macrocephalusxgariepinus
Caught by Jean-Francois Helias
Clarias
macrocephalusxgariepinus
Showing the occipital process on head
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