Clarotes

Clarotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Claroteidae
Subfamily: Claroteinae
Genus: Clarotes
Kner, 1855
Species
Synonyms
  • Gonocephalus
    Kner, 185
  • Octonematichthys
    Bleeker, 1858

Clarotes is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Claroteidae. It includes at least three species, Clarotes bidorsalis Pellegrin, 1938, Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829), and Clarotes macrocephalus Daget, 1954.[1]

C. tarabinii has uncertain taxonomic status. This species has been placed by itself in the genus Pardiglanis.[1] However, some sources have considered this genus to be a junior synonym of Clarotes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ Hanssens, M & Snoeks, J. 2005. Clarotes tarabinii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.