Species that contain: Clarias and laeviceps [ 4 ] records

dialonensis, Clarias Daget [J.] 1962:120, Fig. 39; Pl. 11 (fig. 26) [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 65; ref. 5866] Senegal basin, near Mamou, Lower Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN 1959-0107. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1959-0107 (5). Additional material: MNHN 1913-0229 to 0230 (1, 2), 1960-0481 to 0482 (7, 3), 1993-0006 [ex 1959-0107] (5). Lectotype selected by Teugels 1986:145 [ref. 12548]. •Synonym of Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862, but a valid subspecies -- (Teugels 1986:88 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:145 [ref. 12548], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:492 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Clarias dialonensis Daget 1962 -- (Ferraris 2007:142 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Clarias dialonensis Daget 1962. Clariidae. Distribution: Guinea and coastal rivers of Sierra Leone. Habitat: freshwater.

kingsleyae, Clarias Günther [A.] 1903:334 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 18 Nov. 1902); ref. 2021] Ghana. Syntypes: BMNH 1903.4.24.65 (1) Odumasi, 1903.4.24.66 (1) River Offin at Infoar. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862 -- (Teugels 1986:87 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:143 [ref. 12548], Lévèque et al. 1991:143 [ref. 31367], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:491 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.

laeviceps, Clarias Gill [T. N.] 1862:139 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1661] Locality not known, probably Liberia. Holotype (unique): USNM 4099 (poor condition). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:16 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862, subspecies laeviceps -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477]). •Valid as Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862 -- (Sydenham 1978:361 [ref. 22253], Teugels 1986:87 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:142 [ref. 12548], Burgess 1989:146 [ref. 12860], Stiassny 1991:7 [ref. 19336], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:491 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:36 [ref. 28023], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155], Pezold et al. 2016:105 [ref. 34870]). Current status: Valid as Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862. Clariidae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

vandenhoutei, Clarias Poll [M.] 1941:137, Fig. 3 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 34 (no. 2); ref. 13178] River Maseï at confluence with River Bon de Boan, River Nuon system, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MRAC 66360. Paratypes: MRAC 66361-62 (1, 1), 66363-64 (2), 66365-66 (2), 66367-69 (3), 66370-72 (3). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:36 [ref. 21528], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862 -- (Teugels 1986:87 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:143 [ref. 12548], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:491 [ref. 21590], Ferraris 2007:144 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias laeviceps Gill 1862. Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater.