punctatus, Clarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:384 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias punctatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Roberts 1993:30 [ref. 21799]). •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ng 1999:18 [ref. 23892], Menon 1999:260 [ref. 24904], Sudarto et al. 2003:154 [ref. 27238], Sudarto et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27680], Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.