macracanthus, Clarias Günther [A.] 1864:16 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River. Syntypes: (5, one a skeleton) BMNH 1855.12.26.453 (1) no locality, Zool. Soc.; BMNH 1862.6.17.51 (1) Khartum, 1866.9.9.67-68 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:83 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Krupp & Schneider 1989:387 [ref. 13651], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Skelton & Teugels 1992:6 [ref. 20199], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.