Clarias

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iClarias
Walking catfish, Clarias batrachus
Walking catfish, Clarias batrachus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Scopoli, 1777
Species

Many, see text.

Clarias are a genus of airbreathing catfish with a world wide distribution. Some (notably the Walking catfish) have become pest species where they have been accidentally introduced.

Clarias spp can be recognized by their long-based dorsal and anal fins which gives them a rather eel-like appearance.

[edit] Species list

  • Clarias abbreviatus
  • Clarias agboyiensis
  • Clarias albopunctatus
  • Clarias alluaudi Alluaud's catfish
  • Clarias anfractus
  • Clarias angolensis
  • Clarias anguillaris Mudfish
  • Clarias batrachus Walking catfish
  • Clarias batu
  • Clarias brachysoma
  • Clarias buettikoferi
  • Clarias buthupogon
  • Clarias camerunensis
  • Clarias cataractus
  • Clarias cavernicola Cave catfish
  • Clarias dayi
  • Clarias dhonti
  • Clarias dussumieri
  • Clarias ebriensis
  • Clarias engelseni
  • Clarias fuscus Whitespotted clarias
  • Clarias gabonensis
  • Clarias gariepinus North African catfish
  • Clarias hilli
  • Clarias insolitus
  • Clarias intermedius
  • Clarias jaensis
  • Clarias kapuasensis
  • Clarias laeviceps
  • Clarias lamottei
  • Clarias leiacanthus
  • Clarias liocephalus Smoothhead catfish
  • Clarias longior
  • Clarias maclareni
  • Clarias macrocephalus Broadhead catfish
  • Clarias macromystax
  • Clarias meladerma Blackskin catfish
  • Clarias microstomus
  • Clarias nebulosus
  • Clarias ngamensis Blunt-toothed African catfish
  • Clarias nieuhofii
  • Clarias nigricans
  • Clarias nigromarmoratus
  • Clarias olivaceus
  • Clarias pachynema
  • Clarias planiceps
  • Clarias platycephalus
  • Clarias pseudoleiacanthus
  • Clarias pseudonieuhofii
  • Clarias salae
  • Clarias stappersii Blotched catfish
  • Clarias submarginatus
  • Clarias sulcatus
  • Clarias teijsmanni
  • Clarias theodorae Snake catfish
  • Clarias werneri

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