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Clariidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae

Name

Homonyms
Clariidae
Common names
Airbreathing catfish in English
Airsac Catfishes in English
Dituni in Tswana
Kiemensackwelse in German
Lele in language.
Lugasemende Babers in Afrikaans
Wels in German
airbreathing catfish in English
airbreathing catfishes in English
airbreathing catfishes in English
ankeriasmonnit in Finnish
bagres laberintos in Spanish
bagres laberintos in Spanish
długowąsowate in Polish
keuhkomonnit in Finnish
keříčkovcovití in Czech
labyrinth catfishes in English
labyrinth catfishes in English
meerval in Dutch
pakeříčkovcovití in Czech
poisson-chat in French
poissons-chats à labyrinths in French
poissons-chats à labyrinths in French
zacskósharcsafélék in Hungarian
Ålemaller in Danish
Клариевые in Russian
Кларієві in Ukrainian
Сомы мешкожаберные in Russian
שפמנוניים in Hebrew
ปลาจีด ฯลฯ in Thai
ปลาดุก in Thai
วงศ์ปลาดุก in Thai
ヒレナマズ科 in Japanese
塘虱 in Chinese
塘虱魚科 in Chinese
ヒレナマズ科 in Japanese
Wels in German
airbreathing catfishes in English
meerval in Dutch
poisson-chat in French
ålmalar in Swedish

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. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., and Mário C. C. de Pinna, 1999: Higher-level Names for Catfishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1. 1-17.
  6. FishBase
  7. 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.
  8. ICZN (2003)
  9. ICZN (2003) Opinion 2032
  10. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2003: Opinion 2032 (Case 3148): Clariidae Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990 (Rotifera): spelling emended to Clariaidae so removing homonymy with Clariidae Bonaparte, 1846 (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 60, part 2. 149-150.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  13. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. web search (AJR)
  17. web search (AJR)
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