Species that contain: Clarias and magur [ 6 ] 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.

ater, Cossyphus McClelland [J.] 1843:403, Pl. 22 (fig. 3) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Chusan, China. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]. •Species inquirenda in Clarias -- (Ferraris 2007:148 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Clarius magur (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:243 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Clarias magur (Hamilton 1822). Clariidae. 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.