Clariidae

Clarias batrachus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Clariidae
Genera (16): Bathyclarias – Channallabes – Clariallabes – Clarias – Dinotopterus – Dolichallabes – Encheloclarias – Gymnallabes – Heterobranchus – Heteropneustes – Horaglanis – Platyallabes – Platyclarias – Tanganikallabes – Uegitglanis – Xenoclarias

Name

Clariidae Bonaparte, 1846

References

• Clariidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Clariidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Clariidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Ferraris Carl J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628 (2007) Full article.
• Greenwood, P.H. 1961. A revision of the genus Dinotopterus Blgr. (Pisces, Clariidae) with notes on the comparative anatomy of the suprabranchial organs in the Clariidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 7 (4): 215–241. Biostor

Vernacular names

Basa Bali: Lele
English: Airbreathing catfish
Bahasa Indonesia: Lele
日本語: ヒレナマズ科
polski: Długowąsowate
ไทย: วงศ์ปลาดุก
中文: 塘虱

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