Please look in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes for authorships of sections, Families of Fishes (all), and related information.

Genera in the family or subfamily Clariidae: [ 28 ] records

Allabenchelys Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:234 Fem. Allabenchelys longicauda Boulenger 1902. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Allabenchelys Boulenger 1902 -- (Poll 1977:146 [ref. 3533]). •Synonym of Clariallabes Boulenger 1900 -- (Teugels 1986:185 [ref. 12548], Taverne & De Vos 1998:216 [ref. 23316], Ferraris 2007:137 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clariallabes Boulenger 1900. Clariidae.

Anguilloclarias (subgenus of Clarias) Teugels [G. G.] 1982:13 Masc. Clarias theodorae Weber 1897. Type by original designation. Also appeared in Teugels 1982:738 [ref. 4377]. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Anguilloclarias as described -- (Teugels 1986:101 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:488 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Bernt & Stiassny 2022:12 [ref. 39552]). •Synonym of Clarius Scopoli 1777 -- (Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Bathyclarias Jackson [P. B. N.] 1959:112 Masc. Clarias longibarbis Worthington 1933. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Dinotopterus Boulenger 1906 -- (Teugels 1986:95 [ref. 6193]). •See Agnèse & Teugels 2005:552 [ref. 29271]. •Valid as Bathyclarias Jackson 1959 -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:193 [ref. 24781], Anseaume & Teugels 1999:409 [ref. 24564], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:683 [ref. 25481], Agnèse & Teugels 2005:552 [ref. 28553], Ferraris 2007:136 [ref. 29155], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Bathyclarias Jackson 1959. Clariidae.

Brevicephaloides (subgenus of Clarias) Teugels [G. G.] 1982:14 Masc. Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg 1895. Type by original designation. Also appeared in Teugels 1982:739 [ref. 4377]. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Brevicephaloides as described -- (Teugels 1986:140 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:490 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Hanssens 2009:36 [ref. 30167], Bernt & Stiassny 2022:12 [ref. 39552]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Channallabes (subgenus of Gymnallabes) Günther [A.] 1873:143 Fem. Gymnallabes apus Günther 1873. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Channalabes in Zoological Record for 1873 and in Jordan 1919:369 [ref. 4904]; no evidence of a misprint in original. •Valid as Channallabes Günther 1873 -- (Poll 1977:148 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:66 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:145 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:199 [ref. 24781], Devaere et al. 2004:108 [ref. 27507], Devaere et al. 2007:17 [ref. 29165], Devaere et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29166], Ferraris 2007:137 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:657 [ref. 30030], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Channallabes Günther 1873. Clariidae.

Clariallabes Boulenger [G. A.] 1900:136 Fem. Clarias melas Boulenger 1887. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Clariallabes Boulenger 1900 -- (Poll 1977:146 [ref. 3533], Burgess 1989:145 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Taverne & De Vos 1998:216 [ref. 23316], Devaere et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29166], Ferraris 2007:137 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:667 [ref. 30030], Marshall 2011:165 [ref. 31755], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Clariallabes Boulenger 1900. Clariidae.

Clarias Gronow [L. T.] 1763:100 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). Misprinted Chlarias in Scopoli 1777. •In the synonymy of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Clarias Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:455 Masc. Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Based on Clarias Gronow; spelled Chlarias by Scopoli (regarded as in error). Species added by Swainson 1839:307 (not by Cuvier 1816); type designated by Teugels & Roberts in Teugels (in Daget) 1986:69 [ref. 6189], see also Teugels & Roberts 1987 [ref. 6479]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:293 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Clarias Scopoli 1777 [with varying type species] -- (Sydenham 1978:347 [ref. 22253], Teugels 1982 [ref. 4377], Teugels 1983 [ref. 12851], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:59 [ref. 6441], Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Teugels & Roberts 1987 [ref. 6479], Burgess 1989:145 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:302 [ref. 26478], Roberts 1989:127 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:163 [ref. 24860], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Skelton & Teugels 1992:1 [ref. 20199], Zheng & Pan in Pan et al. 1991:291 [ref. 23876], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:474 [ref. 21590], Bakhoum 1994:191 [ref. 24734], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:200 [ref. 23725], Ng 1999:17 [ref. 23892], Lim & Ng 1999:157 [ref. 23893], Yue in Chu et al. 1999:182 [ref. 24534], Dankwa et al. 1999:35 [ref. 28023], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:683 [ref. 25481], Ng 2003:1 [ref. 27067], Sudarto et al. 2003:153 [ref. 27238], Ataur Rahman 2003:183 [ref. 31338], Sudato et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27680], Ng 2004:292 [ref. 27992], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:123 [ref. 28183], Agnèse & Teugels 2005:552 [ref. 28552], Jayaram 2006:303 [ref. 28762], Scharpf 2006:19 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:138 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:673 [ref. 30030], Aken'Ova 2007:45 [ref. 30481], Ng & Kottelat 2008:725 [ref. 29755], Hanssens 2009:27 [ref. 30167], Minckley & Marsh 2009:225 [ref. 31114] as Clarius, Ng & Hadiaty 2011:1577 [ref. 31220], Marshall 2011:155 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989] with date 1763, Ng & Kottelat 2014:437 [ref. 33579], Lee & Sulaiman 2015:182 [ref. 33816], Zhang et al. 2016:181 [ref. 34477], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493], Low et al. 2022:389 [ref. 39370], Bernt & Stiassny 2022:1 [ref. 39552]). Current status: Valid as Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Clarioides (subgenus of Clarias) Teugels [G. G.] (ex David) 1982:13 Masc. Clarias angolensis Steindachner 1866. Type by original designation. Not available from David in David & Poll 1937, published after 1930 without type fixation (Art. 13.2.4). Not made available in the Zoological Record (for 1960). Designation of Clarias angolensis Steindachner 1866 by Teugels 1982:12 allows the genus to date to Teugels 1982. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Clarioides as described -- (Teugels 1986:66 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:483 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193] , Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 as a valid subgenus Clarioides -- (Agnèse & Teugels 2005:552 [ref. 28553], Hanssens 2009:36 [ref. 30167], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989], Bernt & Stiassny 2022:9 [ref. 39552]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Cossyphus McClelland [J.] 1844:403 Masc. Cossyphus ater McClelland 1843. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cossyphus Valenciennes 1839 in fishes; replaced by Phagorus McClelland 1844. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Dinotopteroides Fowler [H. W.] 1930:41 Masc. Dinotopteroides prentissgrayi Fowler 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Dinotopteroides -- (Teugels 1983 [ref. 12851], Teugels 1986:13 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:477 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Dinotopterus Boulenger [G. A.] 1906:550 Masc. Dinotopterus cunningtoni Boulenger 1906. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Dinotopterus Boulenger 1906 -- (Greenwood 1961 [ref. 9355], Poll 1977:145 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:95 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:193 [ref. 24781], Anseaume & Teugels 1999:409 [ref. 24564], Ng & Tan 2000:536 [ref. 25044], Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155], Wright & Bailey 2012:139 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Dinotopterus Boulenger 1906. Clariidae.

Dolichallabes Poll [M.] 1942:95 Masc. Dolichallabes microphthalmus Poll 1942. Type by monotypy. Gender masculine as treated by author. •Valid as Dolichallabes Poll 1942 -- (Poll 1977:148 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:97 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:199 [ref. 24781], Devaere et al. 2004:108 [ref. 27507], Ferraris 2007:149 [ref. 29155], Wright & Bailey 2012:139 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Dolichallabes Poll 1942. Clariidae.

Encheloclarias Myers [G. S.] in Herre & Myers 1937:66 Masc. Heterobranchus tapeinopterus Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation (also monotypic). From the text, authorship of the freshwater part was by Herre and Myers, but this is in conflict with a statement on p. 53 that the descriptive matter is the work of the senior author excepting in Danio, Encheloclarias, and Mastacembelus. The latter statement is accepted for purposes of authorship of this taxon. •Valid as Encheloclarias Myers 1937 -- (Kottelat 1989:15 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:128 [ref. 6439], Ng & Lim 1993:22 [ref. 20827], Burgess & Finley 1996:165 [ref. 22901], Ng & Tan 2000:536 [ref. 25044], Ferraris 2007:149 [ref. 29155] with aurthorship as Herre & Myers, Ng 1912:111 [ref. 32295], Kottelat 2013:244 [ref. 32989], Tan et al. 2023:196 [ref. 40060], Tan et al. 2023:237 [ref. 40061]). Current status: Valid as Encheloclarias Myers 1937. Clariidae.

Gymnallabes Günther [A.] 1867:111 Fem. Gymnallabes typus Günther 1867. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). •Valid as Gymnallabes Günther 1867 -- (Poll 1977:124 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:97 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:470 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:199 [ref. 24781], Devaere et al. 2004:108 [ref. 27507], Devaere et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29166], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:665 [ref. 30030], Wright & Bailey 2012:122 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Gymnallabes Günther 1867. Clariidae.

Heterobranchoides (subgenus of Clarias) David [L.] 1935:82, 99 Masc. Apparently not available, after 1930 without type fixation (article not fully translated); not validated by David in David & Poll 1937:230 [ref. 1043]. •In the synonymy of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:Pls. 16-17 Masc. Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Type by monotypy. Plates possibly appeared in 1808 (see Taylor 1985:14 [ref. 6640] -- needs research). See van Oijen et al. 2009:291 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Poll 1977:144 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:98 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Teugels et al. 1990 [ref. 14142], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:470 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:191 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:200 [ref. 23725], Anseaume & Teugels 1999:406 [ref. 24564], Dankwa et al. 1999:35 [ref. 28023], Ng & Tan 2000:536 [ref. 25044], Agnese & Teugels 2001:548 [ref. 25239], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:655 [ref. 30030], Marshall 2011:166 [ref. 31755], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae.

Horaglanis Menon [A. G. K.] 1951:60 Masc. Horaglanis krishnai Menon 1951. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Das 2003:380 [ref. 27706]. Jayaram 2006:309 [ref. 28762] described a new subfamily Horaglanidinae. •Valid as Horaglanis Menon 1951 -- (Jayaram 1981:272 [ref. 6497], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Subhash Babu & Nayar 2004:296 [ref. 28035], Jayaram 2006:309 [ref. 28762], Proudlove 2006:125 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Vincent & Thomas 2011:164 [ref. 31270], Babu 2012:51 [ref. 32286], Raghavan et al. 2023:57 [ref. 39892]). Current status: Valid as Horaglanis Menon 1951. Clariidae.

Macropteronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:84 Masc. Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. We had type by monotypy; Kottelat (2013):242 [ref. 32989] has designated by Jordan 1917:85 [ref. 2407]. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Ferraris 2007:138 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Phagorus McClelland [J.] 1844:225 Masc. Cossyphus ater McClelland 1843. Type by monotypy. Type apparently a mutilated specimen of Silurus batrachus Linnaeus. Replacement for Cossyphus McClelland 1844, preoccupied; replacement name appeared in an "Errata" notice (p. 225). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Platyallabes Poll [M.] 1977:129 Fem. Gymnallabes tihoni Poll 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Platyallabes Poll 1977 -- (Teugels 1986:100 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:199 [ref. 24781], Devaere et al. 2005:1654 [ref. 28559], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Wright & Bailey 2012:122 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Platyallabes Poll 1977. Clariidae.

Platycephaloides (subgenus of Clarias) Teugels [G. G.] 1982:11 Masc. Clarias platycephalus Boulenger 1902. Type by original designation. Also appeared in Teugels 1982:736 [ref. 4377]. •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Platycephaloides as described -- (Teugels 1986:50 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:482 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Bernt & Stiassny 2022:12 [ref. 39552]). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:69 [ref. 6193], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Platyclarias Poll [M.] 1977:136 Masc. Platyclarias machadoi Poll 1977. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Platyclarias Poll 1977 -- (Teugels 1986:100 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Wright & Bailey 2012:139 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Platyclarias Poll 1977. Clariidae.

Prophagorus Smith [H. M.] 1939:236 Masc. Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777 -- (Teugels 1986:11 [ref. 12548], Lim & Ng 1999:164 [ref. 23893], Ferraris 2007:139 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias Scopoli 1777. Clariidae.

Pseudotanganikallabes Wright [J. J.] 2017:4 Fem. Pseudotanganikallabes prognatha Wright 2017. Type by original designation (and monotypic). •Valid as Pseudotanganikallabes Wright 2017. Current status: Valid as Pseudotanganikallabes Wright 2017. Clariidae.

Tanganikallabes Poll [M.] 1943:127 Fem. Tanganikallabes mortiauxi Poll 1943. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Tanganikallabes Poll 1943 -- (Poll 1977:147 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:100 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Wright & Bailey 2012:124 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Tanganikallabes Poll 1943. Clariidae.

Uegitglanis Gianferrari [L.] 1923:1 Masc. Uegitglanis zammaranoi Gianferrari 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Recently placed in the family Uegitglanididae. •Valid as Uegitglanis Gianferrari 1923 -- (Poll 1977:145 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:101 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:193 [ref. 24781], Subhash Babu & Nayar 2004:296 [ref. 28035], Proudlove 2006:127 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Uegitglanis Gianferrari 1923. Clariidae.

Xenoclarias Greenwood [P. H.] 1958:321 Masc. Clarias eupogon Norman 1928. Type by original designation. •Valid as Xenoclarias Greenwood 1958 -- (Poll 1977:147 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:101 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:153 [ref. 29155], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Xenoclarias Greenwood 1958. Clariidae.