Den er undsluppet fra farme i Florida og kan derfor findes i det meste af Florida og er af og til til fare for trafikken.
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Kilder/referencer
^ufl.edu: Description Walking Catfish – Clarias batrachusArkiveret 4. maj 2003 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...Sections of roads such as U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) can actually become hazardously slick with the crushed bodies of walking catfish....Given the source of the South Florida population it is ironic that one of the most clearly demonstrated negative effects of walking catfish in the region is their propensity to invade commercial aquaculture facilities, often consuming vast numbers of the stocks of fishes therein..."
