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Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Clarias anguillaris nigeriensis Pellegrin, 1923
Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900
Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840
Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864
Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840
Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède, 1803
Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Abu Shanab in Arabic
Adewuyie in Ewe
Arira in Igbo
Aro in Yoruba
Attek in language.
Catfish in English
Cik in language.
Cogo in language.
Denor in Irish
Dlugowas Senegalski in Polish
Eel Catfish in English
Ejengi in language.
Garmut in Arabic
Gol in language.
Gwol in language.
Hana Noma in Hausa
Hoot in Arabic
Karmout Zaflout in Arabic
Kemudu in Kanuri
Kor in language.
Kuluni in Hausa
Mangani in Arabic
Mudfish in English
Niilinankeriasmonni in Finnish
Niilinkonnamonni in Finnish
Pet Cick in language.
Pet Der in language.
Saale in language.
Silure in French
Tarwada in Hausa
Tarwaɗa in Hausa
Tukpe in language.
Vere in language.
Vering in language.
Yess in Wolof
Zaflout in Arabic
długowąs senegalski in Polish
keříčkovec úhořovitý in Czech
Кармут in Russian
鰻鬍鯰 in Chinese
Abu Shanab in Arabic
Adewuyie in Ewe
Arira in Igbo
Aro in Yoruba
Attek in language.
Catfish in English
Cik in language.
Cogo in language.
Denor in Irish
Dlugowas Senegalski in Polish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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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