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Family-Clariidae-Overview-PDF.Pdf FAMILY Clariidae Bonaparte, 1845 - airbreathing catfishes [=Heterobranchia, Clariadini, Heterobranchoidei, Uegitglanididae, Horaglanidinae] GENUS Bathyclarias Jackson, 1959 - airbreathing catfishes Species Bathyclarias euryodon Jackson, 1959 - Jackson's Lake Malawi airbreathing catfish Species Bathyclarias ilesi Jackson, 1959 - ilesi airbreathing catfish Species Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933) - longibarbis airbreathing catfish Species Bathyclarias rotundifrons Jackson, 1959 - rotundifrons airbreathing catfish Species Bathyclarias worthingtoni Jackson, 1959 - Worthington's airbreathing catfish GENUS Channallabes Günther, 1873 - airbreathing catfishes Species Channallabes alvarezi (Roman, 1971) - Kie airbreathing catfish Species Channallabes apus (Günther, 1873) - eel catfish Species Channallabes longicaudatus (Pappenheim, 1911) - Mabelle airbreathing catfish Species Channallabes ogooensis Devaere et al., 2007 - Ogowe airbreathing catfish Species Channallabes sanghaensis Devaere et al., 2007 - Congolese channallabes Species Channallabes teugelsi Devaere et al., 2007 - Magogo airbreathing catfish GENUS Clariallabes Boulenger, 1900 - airbreathing catfishes [=Allabenchelys] Species Clariallabes attemsi (Holly, 1927) - Holly's Cameroon airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes brevibarbis Pellegrin, 1913 - Pellegrin's Ogowe airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes centralis (Poll & Lambert, 1958) - Kunungu airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes heterocephalus Poll, 1967 - Luita airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes laticeps (Steindachner, 1911) - Ituri airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes longicauda (Boulenger, 1902) - Ja River airbreathing catfish [=brevior] Species Clariallabes manyangae (Boulenger, 1919) - Manyanga airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes melas (Boulenger, 1887) - Lower Congo airbreathing catfish [=lembesseensis] Species Clariallabes mutsindoziensis Taverne & De Vos, 1998 - Mutsindozi airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes petricola Greenwood, 1956 - Victoria snake catfish Species Clariallabes pietschmanni (Güntert, 1938) - Njong airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes platyprosopos Jubb, 1965 - broadhead catfish Species Clariallabes simeonsi Poll, 1941 - Mosongolia airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes teugelsi Ferraris, 2007 - Teugels' airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes uelensis (Poll, 1941) - Uele airbreathing catfish Species Clariallabes variabilis Pellegrin, 1926 - Pellegrin's Central African airbreathing catfish GENUS Clarias Scopoli, 1777 - airbreathing catfishes [=Anguillochlarias, Brevicephaloides, Clarias G, Clarioides, Cossyphus, Dinotopteroides, Heterobranchoides, Macropteronotus, Phagorus, Platycephaloides, Prophagorus] Species Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980 - Agboyi airbreathing catfish [=isheriensis] Species Clarias albopunctatus Nichols & La Monte, 1953 - Kotto airbreathing catfish Species Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906 - Allaud's catfish [=hilgendorfi] Species Clarias anfractus Ng, 1999 - Segma airbreathing catfish Species Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866 - Angolan clarias [=brevinuchalis, confluentus, curtus] Species Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) - mudfish [=anguillaris M, budgetti, hasselquistii, nigeriensis, parvimanus, senegalensis] Species Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) - clarias catfish, Philippine catfish [=punctatus] Species Clarias batu Lim & Ng, 1999 - batu airbreathing catfish Species Clarias brachysoma Günther, 1864 - Sri Lankan airbreathing catfish Species Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894 - Buluma airbreathing catfish [=bulumae, dorsimarmoratus R, dorsimarmoratus A, guineensis, liberiensis] Species Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879 - Ogooue clarias [=lindicus, macronema, megapogon, obscurus, zygouron] Species Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895 - Cameroon clarias [=breviceps, duchaillui, lualae, monkei, ngola, nigeriae, poensis, thysvillensis, walkeri] Species Clarias cataractus (Fowler, 1939) - Thai clarias Species Clarias cavernicola Trewavas, 1936 - cave catfish Species Clarias dayi Hora, 1936 - Day's clarias Species Clarias dhonti (Boulenger, 1920) - Niemba clarias Species Clarias dialonensis Daget, 1962 - Senegal clarias Species Clarias dumerilii Steindachner, 1866 - Luapula clarias Species Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - Malabar airbreathing catfish Species Clarias ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920 - Ivory Coast clarias [=dahomeyensis] Species Clarias engelseni (Johnsen, 1926) - Sudan airbreathing catfish Species Clarias fuscus (Lacepède, 1803) - whitespotted clarias, Hong Kong catfish [=pulicaris, sauteri] Species Clarias gabonensis Günther, 1867 - Gabon clarias [=congicus, dolloi] Species Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) - barbel, North African catfish [=capensis, charmuth, depressus, guentheri, lazera, longiceps, macracanthus, malaris, microphthalmus, moorii, mossambicus, muelleri, notozygurus, orontis, robecchii, smithii, syriacus, tsanensis, vinciguerrae, xenodon] Species Clarias gracilentus Ng et al., 2011 - Pho Quoc airbreathing catfish Species Clarias hilli Fowler, 1936 - Hill's clarias [=gracilis] Species Clarias insolitus Ng, 2003 - Barito clarias Species Clarias intermedius Teugels et al., 2001 - Kalimantan airbreathing catfish Species Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909 - Ja River clarias [=aboinensis, cameronensis, hollyi, noensis] Species Clarias kapuasensis Sudarto et al., 2003 - Kapuas clarias Species Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862 - Liberian clarias [=kingsleyae, vandenhoutei] Species Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette, 1967 - Nzi clarias Species Clarias leiacanthus Bleeker, 1851 - Sambas clarias [=pulcher, teijsmanni] Species Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898 - smoothhead catfish [=carsonii, neumanni, ornatus, phillipsi, youngicus] Species Clarias longior Boulenger, 1907 - Kribi clarias [=melanopogon] Species Clarias maclareni Trewavas, 1962 - Barombi-ma-Mbu clarias Species Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864 - broadhead catfish, bighead catfish Species Clarias macromystax Günther, 1864 - Gambian clarias Species Clarias magony Mason, 1850 - Myanmar clarias Species Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) - Gangetic clarias [=assamensis, hamiltonii, jagur, marpus] Species Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846 - blackskin catfish [=melanoderma, melasoma] Species Clarias microspilus Ng & Hadiaty, 2011 - Sumatran clarias Species Clarias microstomus Ng, 2001 - Kayan clarias Species Clarias nebulosus Deraniyagala, 1958 - Deraniyagala's clarias Species Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861 - blunt-toothed African catfish [=jallae, mellandi, prentissgrayi] Species Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - slender walking catfish [=gilli, pentapterus] Species Clarias nigricans Ng, 2003 - Mahakam clarias Species Clarias nigromarmoratus Poll, 1967 - Poll's Congolese clarias Species Clarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904 - Padang clarias [=thienemanni] Species Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903 - Boulenger's Ja River clarias [=esamesae, oxycephalus] Species Clarias planiceps Ng, 1999 - Sarawak clarias Species Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902 - Monsembe clarias [=ekibondoi, varispinis] Species Clarias pseudoleiacanthus Sudarto et al., 2003 - Sudarto's Kalimantan clarias Species Clarias pseudonieuhofii Sudarto et al., 2004 - Sudarto's Kapuas clarias Species Clarias salae Hubrecht, 1881 - St. Paul clarias Species Clarias serniosus Ng & Kottelat, 2014 - Xe Pian clarias Species Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915 - blotched catfish Species Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882 - Peters' Cameroon clarias [=hollyi] Species Clarias sulcatus Ng, 2004 - Ng's Malaysian clarias Species Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897 - snake catfish [=amplexicauda, fouloni, macrurus] Species Clarias werneri Boulenger, 1906 - Werner's catfish GENUS Dinotopterus Boulenger, 1906 - airbreathing catfishes Species Dinotopterus altribranchus Greenwood, 1961 - Malawi dinotopterus Species Dinotopterus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906 - Boulenger's dinotopterus Species Dinotopterus filicibarbis (Jackson, 1959) - Nkata dinotopterus Species Dinotopterus foveolatus (Jackson, 1955) - foveolatus airbreathing catfish Species Dinotopterus gigas (Jackson, 1959) - gigas airbreathing catfish Species Dinotopterus jacksoni Greenwood, 1961 - Jackson's dinotopterus Species Dinotopterus loweae (Jackson, 1959) - Lowe's dinotopterus Species Dinotopterus nyasensis (Worthington, 1933) - Worthington's Nyasa dinotopterus GENUS Dolichallabes Poll, 1942 - airbreathing catfishes Species Dolichallabes microphthalmus Poll, 1942 - Kunungu dolichallabes GENUS Encheloclarias Myers, in Herre & Myers, 1937 - airbreathing catfishes Species Encheloclarias baculum Ng & Lim, 1993 - Bornean encheloclarias Species Encheloclarias curtisoma Ng & Lim, 1993 - Malaysian encheloclarias Species Encheloclarias kelioides Ng & Lim, 1993 - Ng's Malaysian encheloclarias Species Encheloclarias medialis Ng, 2012 - Mentaya airbreathing catfish Species Encheloclarias prolatus Ng & Lim, 1993 - Kuching airbreathing catfish Species Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) - Toboali airbreathing catfish Species Encheloclarias velatus Ng & Tan, 2000 - Jambi airbreathing catfish GENUS Gymnallabes Günther, 1867 - airbreathing catfishes Species Gymnallabes nops Roberts & Stewart, 1976 - nops airbreathing catfish Species Gymnallabes typus Günther, 1867 - West African gymnallabes [=heterocercalis] GENUS Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809 - airbreathing catfishes Species Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 - African catfish [=geoffroyi, intermedius,
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