Clarias

Life

Pisces

Actinopterygii

Siluriformes

Clariidae

Clarias Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777: Macropteronotus Lacep¨de, 1803; (synonym)
Platycephaloides Teugels, 1982; (synonym)
Prophagorus Smith, 1939; (synonym)
Phagorus McClelland, 1844; (synonym)
Brevicephaloides Teugels, 1982; (synonym)
Anguilloclarias Teugels, 1982; (synonym)
Clarias Gronow, 1763; (on Official Index)
Clarioides David, 1937; (not available, in synonym)
Cossyphus McClelland, 1844; (preoccupied)
Heterobranchoides David, 1935; (synonym)

Clarias abbreviatus Valenciennes, 1840

Clarias agboyiensis Teugels, 1986

Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980; (valid as)
Clarias isheriensis Sydenham, 1980; (synonym)
Clarioides agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980; (valid as)
Clarioides isheriensis Sydenham, 1980; (synonym)

Clarias albopunctatus Nichols & La Monte, 1953

Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906

Clarias hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1911; (synonym)

Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866

Clarias brevinuchalis Lænnberg & Rendahl, 1922; (synonym)
Clarias confluentus Nichols & La Monte, 1933; (synonym)
Clarioides angolensis David, 1937; (valid as)
Clarias curtus Matthes, 1964; (synonym)
Clarioides curtus Matthes, 1964; (synonym)

Clarias anguillaris Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777

Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Macropteronotus charmuth Lacep¨de, 1803; (synonym)
Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847; (valid as)
Mormyrodes hasselquistii Gill, 1862; (valid as)
Clarias parvimanus Gìnther, 1864; (synonym)
Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900; (synonym)
Mormyrus agnus Pappenheim, 1907; (synonym)
Clarias anguillaris nigeriensis Pellegrin, 1923; (synonym)
Clarias hasselquistii Gosse, 1984
Clarias anguillaris Teugels, 1986

Clarias batrachus Shrestha, 1978

Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Macropteronotus magur Hamilton, 1822; (synonym)
Clarias hamiltonii Swainson, 1839; (synonym)
Clarias hamiltonii Swainson, 1839; (unneeded replacement)
Clarias marpus Valenciennes, 1840; (vs)
Clarias assamensis Day, 1877; (synonym)

Clarias brachysoma Gìnther, 1864

Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894

Clarias bulumae Steindachner, 1894; (synonym)
Clarias bìttikoferi Steindachner, 1894; (misspelling)
Clarias liberiensis Steindachner, 1894; (synonym)
Clarias guineensis Osãrio, 1909; (synonym)
Clarias dorsimarmoratus Ahl, 1937; (synonym)

Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879

Clarias megapogon Sauvage, 1880; (synonym)
Clarias zygouron Nichols & Griscom, 1917; (synonym)
Clarias lindicus Boulenger, 1920; (synonym)
Clarias obscurus Poll, 1948; (synonym)
Chlarias angolensis macronema Fowler, 1949; (misspelling)
Chlarias angolensis macronema Fowler, 1949; (synonym)
Clarias macronema Fowler, 1949; (synonym)

Clarias camerunensis Lænnberg, 1895

Clarias walkeri Gìnther, 1896; (synonym)
Clarias breviceps Boulenger, 1900; (synonym)
Clarias poensis Boulenger, 1908; (synonym)
Clarias monkei Keilhack, 1910; (synonym)
Clarias duchaillui Fowler, 1915; (synonym)
Clarias nigeriae Popta, 1919; (synonym)
Allabenchelys submarginatus thysvillensis David & Poll, 1937; (synonym)
Clarias submarginatus thysvillensis David & Poll, 1937; (synonym)
Brevicephaloides camerunensis Teugels, 1982; (valid as)

Clarias cataractus Kottelat, 1989

Phagorus cataractus Fowler, 1939; (valid as)
Prophagorus cataractus Burgess, 1989; (valid as)

Clarias cavernicola Trewavas, 1936

Clarias dayi Hora, 1936

Clarias dhonti Teugels, 1986

Allabenchelys dhonti Boulenger, 1920; (valid as)

Clarias dumerilii Steindachner, 1866

Clarias ngola Lænnberg & Rendahl, 1920; (synonym)
Clarias lualae Lænnberg & Rendahl, 1922; (synonym)

Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840

Clarias ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920

Clarias dahomeyensis Gìntert, 1938; (synonym)

Clarias engelseni Teugels, 1986

Allabenchelys engelseni Johnsen, 1926; (valid as)

Clarias fuscus Valenciennes, 1840

Macropteronotus fuscus Lacep¨de, 1803; (valid as)
Clarias fuscus Sawada, 1984

Clarias gabonensis Gìnther, 1867

Clarias dolloi Boulenger, 1896; (synonym)
Clarias congicus Poll, 1942; (synonym)

Clarias gariepinus Teugels, 1986

Heterobranchus gariepinus Burchell, 1822; (valid as)
Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822; (valid as)
Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852; (synonym)
Clarias macracanthus Gìnther, 1864; (synonym)
Clarias orontis Gìnther, 1864; (synonym)
Clarias xenodon Gìnther, 1864; (synonym)
Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893; (synonym)
Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896; (synonym)
Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896; (synonym)
Clarias smithii Gìnther, 1896; (synonym)
Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899; (synonym)
Clarias moorii Boulenger, 1901; (synonym)
Clarias tsanensis Boulenger, 1902; (synonym)
Clarias vinciguerrae Boulenger, 1902; (synonym)
Clarias malaris Nichols & Griscom, 1917; (synonym)
Clarias notozygurus Lænnberg & Rendahl, 1922; (synonym)
Clarias depressus Myers, 1925; (synonym)
Clarias muelleri Pietschmann, 1939; (synonym)
Clarias mìlleri Pietschmann, 1939; (misspelling)

Clarias hilli Fowler, 1936

Clarias gracilis Fowler, 1936; (synonym)

Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909

Clarias cameronensis Holly, 1927; (1 homonym)
Clarias cameronensis Holly, 1927; (synonym)
Clarias hollyi Pellegrin, 1929; (replacement)
Clarias hollyi Pellegrin, 1929; (synonym)
Clarias aboinensis Sydenham & Olawoye, 1981; (synonym)
Clarioides aboinensis Sydenham & Olawoye, 1981; (synonym)

Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862

Clarias kingsleyae Gìnther, 1903; (synonym)
Clarias vandenhoutei Poll, 1941; (synonym)

C. l. dialonensis Daget, 1962

Clarias dialonensis Daget, 1962; (synonym)
Clarias laeviceps dialonensis Teugels, 1986

Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette, 1967

Clarias leiacanthus Bleeker, 1851

Clarias liacanthus Gìnther, 1864; (unjustified emendation)

Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898

Clarias carsonii Boulenger, 1903; (synonym)
Clarias neumanni Hilgendorf, 1905; (synonym)
Clarias phillipsi Norman, 1925; (synonym)
Clarias ornatus Poll, 1943; (synonym)
Clarias youngicus Ricardo-Bertram, 1943; (synonym)

Clarias longior Boulenger, 1907

Clarias melanopogon Fowler, 1936; (synonym)

Clarias maclareni Trewavas, 1962

Clarias macrocephalus Gìnther, 1864

Clarias macromystax Gìnther, 1864

Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846

Clarias melasoma Bleeker, 1852; (synonym)
Clarias melanoderma Bleeker, 1858; (unjustified emendation)

Clarias nebulosus Deraniyagala, 1958

Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861

Clarias n'gamensis Castelnau, 1861; (misspelling)
Clarias mellandi Boulenger, 1905; (synonym)
Dinotopterus jallae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917; (synonym)
Dinotopteroides prentissgrayi Fowler, 1930; (synonym)

Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840

Clarias pentapterus Bleeker, 1851; (synonym)
Clarias gilli Smith & Seale, 1906; (synonym)
Prophagorus nieuhofi Smith, 1939; (valid as)
Prophagorus nieuhofi Burgess, 1989; (valid as)

Clarias nigromarmoratus Poll, 1967

Clarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904

Chlarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904; (misspelling)

Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903

Clarias esamesae Boulenger, 1911; (synonym)
Clarias oxycephalus Boulenger, 1913; (synonym)

Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902

Clarias ekibondoi Fowler, 1936; (synonym)
Clarias varispinis Fowler, 1936; (synonym)
Platycephaloides platycephalus Teugels, 1982; (valid as)

?Clarias pulcher Popta, 1904

?Clarias pulicaris Richardson, 1845

Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840

Clarias salae Hubrecht, 1881

?Clarias sauteri Regan, 1908

Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915

Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882

Clarias hollyi Fowler, 1936; (1 homonym)
Clarias hollyi Fowler, 1936; (synonym)

Clarias teijsmanni

Clarias teijsmanni Bleeker, 1857; (misspelling)
Clarias teysmanni Bleeker, 1857; (valid as)
Clarias teysmanni Roberts, 1989; (valid as)
Clarias teijsmanni Lim et al., 1990; (valid as)

?Clarias tenuis Gìntert, 1938

Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897

Clarias amplexicauda Boulenger, 1902; (synonym)
Clarias fouloni Boulenger, 1905; (synonym)
Clarias macrurus Boulenger, 1915; (synonym)
Anguilloclarias theodorae Teugels, 1982; (valid as)

?Clarias thienemanni Ahl, 1934

Clarias werneri Boulenger, 1906

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The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.

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