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Clarias
Clarias is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes. The name is derived from the Greek chlaros, which means lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 63 known species
Sharptooth Catfish
speciesClarias gariepinus
Walking Catfish
speciesClarias batrachus
Whitespotted Clarias
speciesClarias fuscus
Slender Walking Catfish
speciesClarias nieuhofii
Forest walking catfish
speciesClarias leiacanthus
Sri Lankan Walking Catfish
speciesClarias brachysoma
Broadhead Catfish
speciesClarias macrocephalus
Snake Catfish
speciesClarias theodorae
Mudfish
speciesClarias anguillaris
Blunttooth Catfish
speciesClarias ngamensis
Tioman Walking Catfish
speciesClarias batu
Waghur Catfish
speciesClarias magur
Clarias gabonensis
speciesClarias gabonensis
Smoothhead Catfish
speciesClarias liocephalus
Clarias buettikoferi
speciesClarias buettikoferi
Clarias salae
speciesClarias salae
Sharptooth × Broadhead Catfish
hybridClarias gariepinus × macrocephalus
Clarias buthupogon
speciesClarias buthupogon
Blotched Catfish
speciesClarias stappersii
Clarias alluaudi
speciesClarias alluaudi
Clarias ebriensis
speciesClarias ebriensis
Blackskin Catfish
speciesClarias meladerma
Clarias dumerilii
speciesClarias dumerilii
Clarias laeviceps
speciesClarias laeviceps
Clarias nigromarmoratus
speciesClarias nigromarmoratus
Clarias camerunensis
speciesClarias camerunensis
Clarias maclareni
speciesClarias maclareni
Valencienne's Clariid
speciesClarias dussumieri
Clarias pseudoleiacanthus
speciesClarias pseudoleiacanthus
Clarias jaensis
speciesClarias jaensis
Clarias anfractus
speciesClarias anfractus
Clarias olivaceus
speciesClarias olivaceus
Clarias agboyiensis
speciesClarias agboyiensis
Clarias angolensis
speciesClarias angolensis
Clarias pachynema
speciesClarias pachynema
Clarias albopunctatus
speciesClarias albopunctatus
Clarias macromystax
speciesClarias macromystax
Clarias gracilentus
speciesClarias gracilentus
Clarias microstomus
speciesClarias microstomus
Clarias planiceps
speciesClarias planiceps
Clarias serniosus
speciesClarias serniosus
Clarias insolitus
speciesClarias insolitus
Clarias rennyae
speciesClarias rennyae
Clarias dialonensis
speciesClarias dialonensis
Clarias magony
speciesClarias magony
Clarias monsembulai
speciesClarias monsembulai
Clarias intermedius
speciesClarias intermedius
Clarias nigricans
speciesClarias nigricans
Clarias nebulosus
speciesClarias nebulosus
Clarias abbreviatus
speciesClarias abbreviatus
Clarias dhonti
speciesClarias dhonti
Clarias longior
speciesClarias longior
Clarias hilli
speciesClarias hilli
Clarias pseudonieuhofii
speciesClarias pseudonieuhofii
Clarias submarginatus
speciesClarias submarginatus
Upper-kapuas Swamp Clariid
speciesClarias kapuasensis
Golden Cave Catfish
speciesClarias cavernicola
Clarias sulcatus
speciesClarias sulcatus
Clarias microspilus
speciesClarias microspilus
Clarias platycephalus
speciesClarias platycephalus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82781.