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title: "Afrikaanse meerval"
description: "Clarias gariepinus — Vissen. Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sharptooth-catfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Afrikaanse meerval

> Clarias gariepinus — Vissen. Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.

- Scientific name: *Clarias gariepinus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1925
- Wikidata: [Q387344](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387344)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82779](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82779)

## Names

- en: Sharptooth Catfish
- de: Afrikanischer Raubwels
- es: Bagre de dientes afilados
- fr: Poisson chat africain
- nl: Afrikaanse meerval
- pl: Sum afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (463), IL (144), HK (97), IN (89), TH (70), MY (65), ID (56), SG (52), KE (45), VN (45), BW (41), NA (32)

## Summary

Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarias_gariepinus

## Photo

![Afrikaanse meerval](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sharptooth-catfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147956944

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sharptooth-catfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).