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Clarias Scopoli, 1777

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Scopoli, Giovanni A. in Scopoli, Giovanni A. 1777.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae
genus
Clarias

Name

Synonyms
Anguilloclarias Teugels, 1982
Brevicephaloides Teugels, 1982
Chlarias Scopoli, 1777
Clairas Heckel, 1849
Clarias David, 1935
Clarioides David, 1937
Clarioides Teugels, 1982
Clarius Bleeker, 1858
Claroides
Cossyphus McClelland, 1844
Dinotopteroides Fowler, 1930
Heterobranchoides David, 1935
Macropteronotus Lacepède, 1803
Phagorus McClelland, 1844
Platycephaloides Teugels, 1982
Prophagorus Smith, 1939
Homonyms
Clarias Scopoli, 1777
Clarias David, 1935
Clarias Gronow, 1763
Common names
catfish in English
walking catfishes in English
walking catfishes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) WoRMS Editorial Board (2023). World Register of Marine Species. 2023-09-20.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, 1998
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  7. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  8. FishBase
  9. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  10. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem. . . [refer Eschmeyer for full ref.]
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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