• Sudhir V. Bhandarkar

An African Catfish or Thai Magur (Clarius gariepinus), is widely distributed across the nation, having been brought from all over the world and being cultivated with Indian Major Carps in freshwater bodies. Farmers began monoculture owing to its rapid growth and omnivorous eating behavior, however it was later discovered that the aforementioned fish was detrimental to the health of biodiversity. That is why the Indian government banned this species in 1999, despite the fact that farmers were found to be using monoculture tactics to generate money since this fish grows quickly without the necessary cultural management measures. The fish is extremely durable under adverse environmental conditions. The challenges to biodiversity posed by this species' overpopulation in India's freshwater bodies are explored in this article.

African Catfish, overpopulation, Threaten, Biodiversity, Conservation

"CLARIUS GARIEPINUS: AFRICAN CATFISH EXOTIC SPECIES ENDANGERING NATIVE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY OF INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.43-48, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFO06007.pdf

"CLARIUS GARIEPINUS: AFRICAN CATFISH EXOTIC SPECIES ENDANGERING NATIVE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY OF INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. pp43-48, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFO06007.pdf