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Clarias Scopoli, 1777

1340904  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1340904)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Siluriformes (Order)
  7. Clariidae (Family)
  8. Clarias (Genus)
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  1. Species Clarias abbreviatus Valenciennes, 1840
  2. Species Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980
  3. Species Clarias albopunctatus Nichols & La Monte, 1953
  4. Species Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906
  5. Species Clarias anfractus Ng, 1999
  6. Species Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866
  7. Species Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Species Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  9. Species Clarias batu Lim & Ng, 1999
  10. Species Clarias brachysoma Günther, 1864
  11. Species Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
  12. Species Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  13. Species Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  14. Species Clarias cataractus (Fowler, 1939)
  15. Species Clarias cavernicola Trewavas, 1936
  16. Species Clarias dayi Hora, 1936
  17. Species Clarias dhonti (Boulenger, 1920)
  18. Species Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840
  19. Species Clarias ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920
  20. Species Clarias engelseni (Johnsen, 1926)
  21. Species Clarias fuscus (Lacepède, 1803)
  22. Species Clarias gabonensis Günther, 1867
  23. Species Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  24. Species Clarias hilli Fowler, 1936
  25. Species Clarias insolitus Ng, 2003
  26. Species Clarias intermedius Teugels, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2001
  27. Species Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909
  28. Species Clarias kapuasensis Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
  29. Species Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862
  30. Species Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette, 1967
  31. Species Clarias leiacanthus Bleeker, 1851
  32. Species Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  33. Species Clarias longior Boulenger, 1907
  34. Species Clarias maclareni Trewavas, 1962
  35. Species Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864
  36. Species Clarias macromystax Günther, 1864
  37. Species Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846
  38. Species Clarias microstomus Ng, 2001
  39. Species Clarias nebulosus Deraniyagala, 1958
  40. Species Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861
  41. Species Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840
  42. Species Clarias nigricans Ng, 2003
  43. Species Clarias nigromarmoratus Poll, 1967
  44. Species Clarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904
  45. Species Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903
  46. Species Clarias planiceps Ng, 1999
  47. Species Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902
  48. Species Clarias pseudoleiacanthus Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003
  49. Species Clarias pseudonieuhofii Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2004
  50. Species Clarias pulceri
  51. Species Clarias salae Hubrecht, 1881
  52. Species Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915
  53. Species Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882
  54. Species Clarias sulcatus Ng, 2004
  55. Species Clarias teijsmanni Bleeker, 1857
  56. Species Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897
  57. Species Clarias werneri Boulenger, 1906
  58. Species Clarias aboinensis Sydenham, 1981 accepted as Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909
  59. Species Clarias agboyensis Sydenham, 1980 accepted as Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980
  60. Species Clarias amplexicauda Boulenger, 1902 accepted as Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897
  61. Species Clarias assamensis Day, 1877 accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  62. Species Clarias bathupogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  63. Species Clarias bathypogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  64. Species Clarias betrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  65. Species Clarias bithypogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  66. Species Clarias breviceps Boulenger, 1900 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  67. Species Clarias brevinuchalis Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 accepted as Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866
  68. Species Clarias brevior Boulenger, 1903 accepted as Clariallabes longicauda (Boulenger, 1902)
  69. Species Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900 accepted as Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  70. Species Clarias bulumae Steindachner, 1894 accepted as Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
  71. Species Clarias buthipogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  72. Species Clarias buthopogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  73. Species Clarias buthypogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  74. Species Clarias butupogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  75. Species Clarias bythipogon Sauvage, 1879 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  76. Species Clarias cameronensis Holly, 1927 accepted as Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909
  77. Species Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  78. Species Clarias carsoni Boulenger, 1903 accepted as Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  79. Species Clarias carsonii Boulenger, 1903 accepted as Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  80. Species Clarias centralis Poll & Lambert, 1958 accepted as Clariallabes centralis (Poll & Lambert, 1958)
  81. Species Clarias confluentus Nichols & LaMonte, 1933 accepted as Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866
  82. Species Clarias congicus Poll, 1942 accepted as Clarias gabonensis Günther, 1867
  83. Species Clarias curtus Matthes, 1964 accepted as Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866
  84. Species Clarias curtus Matthes, 1964 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  85. Species Clarias dahomeyensis Güntert, 1938 accepted as Clarias ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920
  86. Species Clarias depressus Myers, 1925 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  87. Species Clarias dialonensis Daget, 1962 accepted as Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862
  88. Species Clarias dolloi Boulenger, 1896 accepted as Clarias gabonensis Günther, 1867
  89. Species Clarias dorsimarmoratus Ahl, 1937 accepted as Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
  90. Species Clarias duchaillui Fowler, 1915 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  91. Species Clarias dumerili Steindachner, 1866 accepted as Clariallabes dumerilii (Steindachner, 1866)
  92. Species Clarias dumerilii Steindachner, 1866 accepted as Clariallabes dumerilii (Steindachner, 1866)
  93. Species Clarias ekibondoi Fowler, 1936 accepted as Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902
  94. Species Clarias esamesae Boulenger, 1911 accepted as Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903
  95. Species Clarias eupogon Norman, 1928 accepted as Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928)
  96. Species Clarias fouloni Boulenger, 1905 accepted as Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897
  97. Species Clarias foveolatus Jackson, 1955 accepted as Bathyclarias foveolatus (Jackson, 1955)
  98. Species Clarias gilli Smith & Seale, 1906 accepted as Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840
  99. Species Clarias gracilis Fowler, 1936 accepted as Clarias hilli Fowler, 1936
  100. Species Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  101. Species Clarias guineensis Osório, 1915 accepted as Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
  102. Species Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  103. Species Clarias hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1911 accepted as Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906
  104. Species Clarias hollyi Fowler, 1936 accepted as Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882
  105. Species Clarias hollyi Pellegrin, 1929 accepted as Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909
  106. Species Clarias isheriensis Sydenham, 1980 accepted as Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980
  107. Species Clarias jagur (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  108. Species Clarias kingsleyae Günther, 1903 accepted as Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862
  109. Species Clarias laticeps (Steindachner, 1911) accepted as Clariallabes laticeps (Steindachner, 1911)
  110. Species Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  111. Species Clarias liberiensis Steindachner, 1894 accepted as Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894
  112. Species Clarias lindicus Boulenger, 1920 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  113. Species Clarias loangwensis Worthington, 1933 accepted as Heterobranchus longifilis Valenciennes, 1840
  114. Species Clarias longibarbis Worthington, 1933 accepted as Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933)
  115. Species Clarias longicauda (Boulenger, 1902) accepted as Clariallabes longicauda (Boulenger, 1902)
  116. Species Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  117. Species Clarias lualae Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 accepted as Clariallabes dumerilii (Steindachner, 1866)
  118. Species Clarias macracanthus Günther, 1864 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  119. Species Clarias macrurus Boulenger, 1915 accepted as Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897
  120. Species Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  121. Species Clarias malaris Nichols & Griscom, 1917 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  122. Species Clarias megapogon Sauvage, 1880 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  123. Species Clarias melandi Boulenger, 1905 accepted as Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861
  124. Species Clarias melanoderma Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846
  125. Species Clarias melanopogon Fowler, 1936 accepted as Clarias longior Boulenger, 1907
  126. Species Clarias melanosoma Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846
  127. Species Clarias melas Boulenger, 1887 accepted as Clariallabes melas (Boulenger, 1887)
  128. Species Clarias melasoma Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846
  129. Species Clarias mellandi Boulenger, 1905 accepted as Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861
  130. Species Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  131. Species Clarias micropthalmus Pfeffer, 1896 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  132. Species Clarias monkei Keilhack, 1910 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  133. Species Clarias moorii Boulenger, 1901 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  134. Species Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  135. Species Clarias muelleri Pietschmann, 1939 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  136. Species Clarias nagamensis Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861
  137. Species Clarias neumanni Hilgendorf, 1905 accepted as Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  138. Species Clarias ngola Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920 accepted as Clariallabes dumerilii (Steindachner, 1866)
  139. Species Clarias nieuhofi Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840
  140. Species Clarias nigeriae Popta, 1919 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  141. Species Clarias noensis Boulenger, 1908 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  142. Species Clarias notozygurus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  143. Species Clarias nyasensis Worthington, 1933 accepted as Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
  144. Species Clarias obscurus Poll, 1948 accepted as Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879
  145. Species Clarias ornatus Poll, 1943 accepted as Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  146. Species Clarias orontis Günther, 1864 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  147. Species Clarias oxycephalus Boulenger, 1913 accepted as Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903
  148. Species Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864 accepted as Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  149. Species Clarias pentapterus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840
  150. Species Clarias phillipsi Norman, 1925 accepted as Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898
  151. Species Clarias plathycephalus Boulenger, 1902 accepted as Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902
  152. Species Clarias poensis Boulenger, 1908 accepted as Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895
  153. Species Clarias prentissgrayi (Fowler, 1930) accepted as Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861
  154. Species Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  155. Species Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  156. Species Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  157. Species Clarias smithii Günther, 1896 (unaccepted)
  158. Species Clarias stapersii Boulenger, 1915 (unaccepted)
  159. Species Clarias stappersi Boulenger, 1915 (unaccepted)
  160. Species Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted)
  161. Species Clarias teysmanni Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted)
  162. Species Clarias theodora Weber, 1897 (unaccepted)
  163. Species Clarias tsanensis Boulenger, 1902 (unaccepted)
  164. Species Clarias uelensis Poll, 1941 (unaccepted)
  165. Species Clarias vandenhoutei Poll, 1941 (unaccepted)
  166. Species Clarias varispinis Fowler, 1936 (unaccepted)
  167. Species Clarias vinciguerrae Boulenger, 1902 (unaccepted)
  168. Species Clarias walkeri Günther, 1896 (unaccepted)
  169. Species Clarias xenodon Günther, 1864 (unaccepted)
  170. Species Clarias youngicus Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 (unaccepted)
  171. Species Clarias zygouron Nichols & Griscom, 1917 (unaccepted)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem. . . [refer Eschmeyer for full ref.] [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority also cited as Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777. Based on Clarias Gronow; spelled Chlarias by Scopoli (regarded as in...  
Taxonomic remark Authority also cited as Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777. Based on Clarias Gronow; spelled Chlarias by Scopoli (regarded as in error). (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Clarias Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340904 on 2025-01-28
Date
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem. . . [refer Eschmeyer for full ref.] [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Clarioides David in David & Poll, 1937) in David & Poll, Ann. Mus. Congo Belg., (Zool.) (1) 3, 230 (note). [details] 

original description (of Clarius Bleeker, 1858) Acta Soc. Indo-Neêrl., 4
page(s): 28 [details] 

original description (of Clarias Gronow, 1763) Zooph., 1
page(s): 100 [details] 

original description (of Phagorus McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 5 (18)
page(s): 225 [details] 

original description (of Clairas Heckel in Russegger, 1849) in Russegger, Reise, 2 (3)
page(s): 319 [details] 

original description (of Prophagorus Smith, 1939) Copeia, 1939
page(s): 236 [details] 

original description (of Heterobranchoides David, 1935) Rev. Zool. afr., 28
page(s): 82 [details] 

original description (of Anguilloclarias Teugels, 1982) Annales Mus. r. Afr. cent. (Ser. 8 Sci. Zool.) No. 236
page(s): 13 [details] 

original description (of Brevicephaloides Teugels, 1982) Annales Mus. r. Afr. cent. (Ser. 8 Sci. Zool.) No. 236
page(s): 14 [details] 

original description (of Platycephaloides Teugels, 1982) Annales Mus. r. Afr. cent. (Ser. 8 Sci. Zool.) No. 236
page(s): 11 [details] 

original description (of Macropteronotus Lacepède, 1803) Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5
page(s): 84 [details] 

original description (of Dinotopteroides Fowler, 1930) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 82
page(s): 41 [details] 

original description (of Cossyphus McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 4
page(s): 403 [details] 

original description (of Chlarias Scopoli, 1777) Introd. Hist. Nat.
page(s): 455 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority also cited as Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777. Based on Clarias Gronow; spelled Chlarias by Scopoli (regarded as in error). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Prophagorus Smith, 1939)
To BioNames database (from synonym Anguilloclarias Teugels, 1982)
To BioNames database (from synonym Platycephaloides Teugels, 1982)
To BioNames database (from synonym Brevicephaloides Teugels, 1982)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Platycephaloides Teugels, 1982)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Prophagorus Smith, 1939)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Brevicephaloides Teugels, 1982)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Anguilloclarias Teugels, 1982)
To WoRMS (from synonym Macropteronotus Lacepède, 1803)
To WoRMS (from synonym Dinotopteroides Fowler, 1930)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cossyphus McClelland, 1844)
To WoRMS 
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