fuscus, Macropteronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:84, 88, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] China. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:142 [ref. 29155]. Based on a painting. See Sudarto et al. 2003:154 [ref. 27238]. •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Zheng et al. 1989:274 [ref. 21202]). •Valid as Clarias fuscus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:59 [ref. 6441], Ni & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:167 [ref. 26639], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:422 [ref. 25598], Zheng & Pan in Pan et al. 1991:291 [ref. 23876], Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438], Ng 1999:17 [ref. 23892], Yue in Chu et al. 1999:182 [ref. 24534], Fuller et al. 1999:200 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:280 [ref. 25086], Kottelat 2001:55 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:88 [ref. 25693], Kottelat 2001:140 [ref. 25780], Nakabo 2002:280 [ref. 26001], Ng 2004:294 [ref. 27992], Mundy 2005:153 [ref. 28379], Ferraris 2007:142 [ref. 29155], Ho & Shao 2011: 33 [ref. 31432], Ng & Hadiaty 2011:1583 [ref. 31220], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2014:443 [ref. 33579], Zhang et al. 2016:181 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36699], Fu et al. 2021:9571 [ref. 39347], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Clarias fuscus (Lacepède 1803). Clariidae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan, Taiwan, southern China, northeastern Laos, northern Vietnam; introduced in Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: freshwater.