Species that contain: Clarias and gariepinus [ 22 ] records

capensis, Clarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:377 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] "Cape of Good Hope," [but probably Orange River], South Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9431 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:45 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:81 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], 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.

charmuth, Macropteronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:84, 85 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Nile River. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]. See Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155] for comments on status. •Status uncertain, synonym of Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) or Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:71 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:79 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725]). •Species inquirenda in Clarias -- (Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

depressus, Clarias Myers [G. S.] 1925:12 [Copeia No. 139; ref. 15549] Albano River, about 60 [not 6] kilometers west of Addagalla, Ethiopia, northeastern Africa. Syntypes: AMNH 8204 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gariepinus, Silurus (Heterobranchus) Burchell [W. J.] 1822:425, Fig. on p. 445 [Travels in the interior of southern Africa. 2 vols.; ref. 17293] Vaal River, at Smidtsdrift, above confluence with Riet River, Cape Province, South Africa (28°42'10"S, 24°04'29"E). Neotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 520. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Neotype evidently selected by Bruton & Teugels in 1982 but first published in Skelton & Teugels 1992 (see Seegers 1996:206 [ref. 23725]). •Valid as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugles 1982:442 [ref. 27525], Teugels 1986:79 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Krupp & Schneider 1989:387 [ref. 13651], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Lévêque 1990:43 [ref. 19786], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Skelton & Teugels 1992:1 [ref. 20199], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:480 [ref. 21590], Kottelat et al. 1993:77 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:229 [ref. 24071], Benech et al. 1993:83 [ref. 22337], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Rainboth 1996:163 [ref. 22772], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Coad 1996:85 [ref. 25304], Adriaens & Verraea 1996:255 [ref. 24713], Agnèse et al. 1997:1143 [ref. 26486], Anseaume & Teugels 1999:416 [ref. 24564], Dankwa et al. 1999:36 [ref. 28023], Hay et al. 1999:42 [ref. 40428], Diogo & Chardon 2000:460 [ref. 27289], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:548 [ref. 25239], Teugels et al. 2001:86 [ref. 25350], Agnèse & Teugels 2001:683 [ref. 25481], Kottelat 2001:141 [ref. 25780], Skelton 2001:229 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:131 [ref. 26059], Hanel 2003:56 [ref. 27894], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Snoeks 2004:24 [ref. 28111], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:123 [ref. 28183], Hamidan 2004:389 [ref. 37679], Agnèse & Teugels 2005:552 [ref. 28553], Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:677 [ref. 30030], Aken'Ova 2007:46 [ref. 30481], Shrestha 2008:194 [ref. 29923], Segers 2008:154 [ref. 29830], Hanssens 2009:28 [ref. 30167], Marshall 2011:155 [ref. 31755], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Khalaf 2013:4 [ref. 37897], Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Zhang et al. 2016:211 [ref. 34477], Bertaco et al. 2016:435 [ref. 34561], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036], Koerber et al. 2017:4 [ref. 35083], Koerber et al. 2017:5 [ref. 35632], Bruton et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36373], Sulaiman et al. 2018:33 [ref. 35802], Ćaleta et al. 2019:173 [ref. 37026], Koerber et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36736], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Ng et al. 2019:532 [ref. 36606], Skelton 2019:229, 235 [ref. 36564], Zhang et al. 2019:505 [ref. 36699], Bayçelebi 2020:760 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:254 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:99 [ref. 37569], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Reis et al. 2020:465 [ref. 38364], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Silva et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37809], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Taki et al. 2021:247 [ref. 39830], Fermon et al. 2022:152 [ref. 39448], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39245], Abwe et al. 2023:31 [ref. 39992], Akoth et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40069], Bertaco & Azevedo 2023:3 [ref. 39997], Bertaco et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40740], Chan et al. 2023:139 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40601], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:212 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455], Saad et al. 2023:35 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:280 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Distribution: Widespread in Africa, Asia Minor and Middle East. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

guentheri, Clarias Pfeffer [G. J.] 1896:28 [Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete v. 3; ref. 14617] East Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.3.9.388 (1, stuffed), 1867.3.9.581 (1, stuffed, not found). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Based on a Clarius gariepinus of Playfaire & Günther 1867:113 [ref. 3490] and other literature sources. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lamottei, Clarias Daget [J.] & Planquette [P.] 1967:279, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 39 (no. 2); ref. 7955] Aoué Bla, side channel of Nzi, Bandama basin, near Lamto, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MNHN 1966-1104. Paratypes: MNHN 1966-1105 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967 -- (Teugels 1986:88 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:19 [ref. 12548], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:478 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:195 [ref. 24781], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]). •Probably a natural hybrid between Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus isopterus -- (Teugels 2003:11 [ref. 27022]). Current status: Valid as Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette 1967. Clariidae. Distribution: Nzi River, tributary of the Bandama, Côte d'Ivoire, western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

lazera, Clarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:372 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Upper Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: (3, plus skeleton) MNHN 0000-1578 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:44 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias lazera Valenciennes 1840 -- (Goren 1974:92 [ref. 7502], Zhu 1995:204 [ref. 25213]). •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugles 1982:463 [ref. 27525], Teugels 1986:79 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Krupp & Schneider 1989:387 [ref. 13651], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Lévêque 1990:43 [ref. 19786], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:480 [ref. 21590], Bakhoum 1994:191 [ref. 24734], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Kottelat 2001:141 [ref. 25780], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087], Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155], Çiçek et al. 2024:280 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

longiceps, Clarias Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:103, Pl. 41 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 5); ref. 589] Boma swamps, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.11.27.15-17 (3); MRAC 902-905 (4), 906-910 (5), 911-915 (5), 916-920 (5), 921-922 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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.

malaris, Clarias Nichols [J. T.] & Griscom [L.] 1917:705, Fig. 19 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 37 (art. 25); ref. 3185] Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: AMNH 6441. Paratypes: (5) AMNH 6506 (2) 6520 (orig. 3, now 1), FMNH 55366 [ex AMNH] (1), MRAC 15347 [ex AMNH] (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:26 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microphthalmus, Clarias Pfeffer [G. J.] 1896:28 [Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete v. 3; ref. 14617] Mbahe, Ugogo, Bubu, Tanzania. Holotype: ZMH H477 [orig. 7996]. Non-types: ZMB 14478 (1) Ugogo. Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:160 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:404 [ref. 21161], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

moorii, Clarias Boulenger [G. A.] 1901:13 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 8 (no. 43) (art. 3); ref. 14749] Lake Albert [Lake Albert Nyanza]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.9.7.47. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mossambicus, Clarias Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:682 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Mozambique. Syntypes: ?FMNH 54274 [CM 2904] (1); ZMB 3068 (2), 6591-93 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:27 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Also in Peters 1868:32, Pl. 6 and 7 (figs. 2-3) [ref. 3440]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugles 1982:463 [ref. 27525], Teugels 1986:81 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

muelleri, Clarias Pietschmann [V.] 1939:184 [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste v. 14; ref. 17215] Eritrea. Holotype (unique): MSNT [Mus. de Triste]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Original as Clarias mülleri. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725] as mulleri, Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

notozygurus, Clarias Lönnberg [E.] & Rendahl [H.] 1922:125, Fig. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 10 (no. 55); ref. 15352] Lukosi River, tributary to the Luala, Lower Congo. Holotype (unique): NRM 9933. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

orontis, Clarias Günther [A.] 1864:15 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Orontes River, Syria. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.6.25.3. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Based on literature sources and one specimen. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:83 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:480 [ref. 21590], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155], Çiçek et al. 2024:280 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

robecchii, Clarias Vinciguerra [D.] 1893:450 [3] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 13; ref. 14538] Uebi Scebeli River, Somalia. Syntypes: MSNG 8138 (2). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:309 [ref. 10351], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. On p. 3 of separate. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:84 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

smithii, Clarias Günther [A.] 1896:219, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896 (pt 1) (art. 2) (for 4 Feb. 1896); ref. 14606] Middle course of the Shebele River, Somalia, eastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1895.12.31.65. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

syriacus, Clarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:375 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Syria. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9426 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:44 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:81 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Krupp & Schneider 1989:387 [ref. 13651], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Fricke et al. 2007:54 [ref. 29533], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tsanensis, Clarias Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:438 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 10 (no. 60) (art. 59); ref. 14852] Zegi, Lake Tsana, Ethiopia. Syntypes: (5) BMNH 1902.12.13.441-443 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

vinciguerrae, Clarias Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:438 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 10 (no. 60) (art. 59); ref. 14852] Kassam River at Awhorra Mullka, Shoa, Ethiopia, elevation about 4000 feet. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.12.13.444. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:85 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

xenodon, Clarias Günther [A.] 1864:16 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Senegal, western Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.7.30.2. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugels 1986:83 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:480 [ref. 21590], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.