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Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.

Classification

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

Name

Homonyms
Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864
Common names
Asian Catfish in English
Bighead Catfish in English
Broadhead Catfish in English
Cá Trê Vàng in Vietnamese
Duk Uey in language.
Freshwater Catfish in English
Hito in Tagalog
Keli in Malay
Keli Bunga in Malay
Lele Keli Bunga in Indonesian
Native Catfish in English
Native Hito in English
Nigerian clarias in English
Nigerian clarias in English
Pa Douk in Lao
Pla Douk Uey in language.
Pla Duk Uey in language.
Pla Oui Chae in language.
Storhovedet ålemalle in Danish
Trey Andaing Toun in Central Khmer
keříčkovec velkohlavý in Czech
ปลาดุกอุย in language.
ปลาอั้วะชื้อ in language.
ត្រីអណ្តែងទន់ in Central Khmer
ត្រីអណ្តែងទន់ in Central Khmer
大头胡鲶 in Chinese
大頭鬍鯰 in Chinese
斑点胡鲶(引进) in Chinese
斑點鬍鯰(引進) in Chinese
Broadhead Catfish in English
Alimudan in language.
Asian Catfish in English
Bighead Catfish in English
Cá Trê Vàng in Vietnamese
Duk Uey in Thai
Freshwater Catfish in English
Hito in Tagalog
Keli in Malay
Keli Bunga in Malay
Native Catfish in English
Native Hito in English
Pa Douk in Lao
Pla Douk Uey in Thai
Pla Duk Uey in Thai
Pla Oui Chae in Thai
Trey Andaing Toun in Central Khmer
ปลาดุกอุย in Thai
ปลาอั้วะชื้อ in Thai
大头胡鲶 in Chinese
斑点胡鲶(引进) in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.
  5. 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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