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Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae
genus
Clarias
species
Clarias laeviceps

Name

Synonyms
Clarias dialonensis Daget, 1962
Clarias kingsleyae Günther, 1903
Clarias laeviceps dialonensis Daget, 1962
Clarias laeviceps laeviceps
Clarias vandenhoutei Poll, 1941
Homonyms
Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862
Common names
Catfish in language.
Denor in Irish
Mudfish in language.
Ndede in Ewe
keříčkovec hladký in Czech
Catfish in language.
Denor in Irish
Mudfish in language.
Ndede in Ewe

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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