Species that contain: Clarias and batrachus [ 8 ] records

assamensis, Clarias Day [F.] 1877:485 [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Upper and lower Assam, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7485 (1, syntype) Assam, ZSI F1268 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:684 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:260 [ref. 24904]). •Species inquirenda in Clarias -- (Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1922) -- (Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.

batrachus, Silurus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:305 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Java, vicinity of Bandung, Indonesia. Neotype: NRM 54718. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:219-220 [ref. 20707] but type is lost -- see Sudarto et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27680], Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]. Types lost; neotype selected by Ng & Kottelat 2008:729 [ref. 29755]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:296 [ref. 30423]. Some references do not apply to this species. •Valid as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Shrestha 1978:39 [ref. 15970], Lee et al. 1980:475 [ref. 22416], Ni & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:168 [ref. 26639], Roberts 1989:127 [ref. 6439] with question, Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:164 [ref. 24860], Zheng et al. 1989:274 [ref. 21202], Page & Burr 1991:210 [ref. 18983], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:684 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:77 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:242 [ref. 23210], Sen 1995:578 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:143 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:163 [ref. 22772], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438], Kottelat 1998:104 [ref. 23436], Nath 1998:518 [ref. 24990], Ng 1999:17 [ref. 23892], Ng & Tan 1999:362 [ref. 24159], Teugels et al. 1999:286 [ref. 24246], Menon 1999:260 [ref. 24904], Fuller et al. 1999:209 [ref. 25838], Tan & Ng 1999:291 [ref. 24254], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Allen et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27467], Tang et al. 2001:14 [ref. 25373], Ng 2001:159 [ref. 25460], Kottelat 2001:140 [ref. 25780], Ng 2003:2, 7 [ref. 27067], Sudarto et al. 2003:153 [ref. 27238], Yadav 2003:21 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:183 [ref. 31338], Sudarto et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27680], Nelson et al. 2004:82 [ref. 27807], Ng 2004:290 [ref. 27992], Jayaram 2006:304 [ref. 28762], Scharpf 2006:19 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:194 [ref. 29923], Ng & Kottelat 2008:726 [ref. 29755], Allen et al. 2008:194 [ref. 30265], Minckley & Marsh 2009:227 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:369 [ref. 31215], Ng & Hadiaty 2011:1582 [ref. 31220], Page et al. 2013:82 [ref. 32708], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:242 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2014:443 [ref. 33579] as aff. batrachus, Lee & Sulaiman 2015:182 [ref. 33816], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Miesen et al. 2016:82 [ref. 34492], Labatos 2017:3 [ref. 36239], Sulaiman et al. 2018:33 [ref. 35802], Robins et al. 2018:149 [ref. 35886], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Ng et al. 2019:531 [ref. 36606] as aff. batrachus, Fu et al. 2021:9571 [ref. 39347], Çiçek et al. 2022:5 [ref. 38985], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39245] as cf. batrachus, Low et al. 2022:392 [ref. 39370], Çiçek et al. 2023:420 [ref. 40625], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40505], Çiçek et al. 2024:280 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758). Clariidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia. Known definitely only from river drainages in Java (according to Ng & Kottelat 2008); introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

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.

hamiltonii, Plotosus (Clarias) Swainson [W.] 1839:307 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Ganges basin, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]. Based on Ham. 146, Pl. 26, fig. 45 -- which is Hamilton 1822:146, Pl. 26 (fig. 45) [ref. 2031]. Unneeded new name for Macropteronotus magur Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarius magur (Hamilton 1922) -- (Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.

jagur, Macropteronotus Hamilton [F.] 1822:146, 374, Pl. 26 (fig. 45) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1858.8.15.101-102 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]. See Ng & Kottelat 2008:729-730 [ref. 29755] for change in status and the breakup of Clarias batrachus. Macropteronotus jagur is a simultaneous synonym of M. magur; Day 1859:115 selected magur. •Questionably a synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Roberts 1989:127 [ref. 6439]). •Mention under Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:684 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Clarius batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ng 1999:18 [ref. 23892], Sudarto et al. 2003:154 [ref. 27238], Ataur Rahman 2003:183 [ref. 31338], Sudarto et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27680], Jayaram 2006:304 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2008:730 [ref. 29755], Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.

magur, Macropteronotus Hamilton [F.] 1822:145, 374 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]. Macropteronotus magur and M. jagur are simultaneous synonyms; Day 1889:115 selected magur. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 81 [ref. 37532]. •Mention under Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:684 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Menon 1999:260 [ref. 24904], Sudarto et al. 2003:154 [ref. 27238], Sudarto et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27680], Ferraris 2007:140 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2008:731 [ref. 29755], Ng & Hadiaty 2011:1583 [ref. 31220], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:130 [ref. 36495], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484]). Current status: Valid as Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. Distribution: Southern Asia: India and Bhutan. Habitat: freshwater.

marpus, Clarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:378 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Calcutta and Vizagapatam, India; Irrawaddy River, Myanmar. Syntypes: MNHN B-0685 (2) Bengal. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:45 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sudarto et al. 2003:154 [ref. 27238], Sudarto et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27680]). •Species inquirenda in Clarias -- (Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarius magur (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. Distribution: South Asia. Habitat: freshwater.

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.