miniatura|Clarias batrachus miniatura|Clarias nieuhofii capturat a l'illa de Borneo (Indonèsia). miniatura|Clarias sp. miniatura|Clarias nieuhofii capturat a Borneo (Indonèsia). miniatura|Clarias stappersii miniatura|Clarias nieuhofii de Borneo Clarias és un gènere de peixos de la família dels clàrids i de l'ordre dels siluriformes.The Taxonomicon
Distribució geogràfica Es troba des del Sud-est asiàtic i l'Àsia oriental fins a Àfrica, incloent-hi l'Índia i l'Àsia Menor. Algunes de les seues espècies han estat introduïdes als Estats Units (Florida), Indonèsia, Hong Kong, la Xina, Gran Bretanya, Papua Nova Guinea, Guam, Taiwan, Tailàndia i Cuba i han produït impactes negatius en llurs ecosistemes locals.
Taxonomia Clarias abbreviatus (Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes, 1840. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. Clarias agboyiensis (Sydenham, 1980)Sydenham, D. H. J., 1980. New species of Clarias from West Africa (Pisces, Clariidae). Rev. Zool. Afr. v. 94 (núm. 3): 659-677. Clarias albopunctatus (Nichols & La Monte, 1953)Nichols, J. T. & F. R. La Monte. 1953. Two new African catfishes from eastern French Equatorial Africa. Am. Mus. Novit. Núm. 1648: 1-4. Clarias alluaudi (Boulenger, 1906) Boulenger, G. A., 1906. Descriptions of new fishes discovered by Mr. E. Degen in Lake Victoria. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 17 (núm. 101): 433-452. Clarias anfractus (Ng, 1999)Ng, H. H., 1999. Two new species of catfishes of the genus Clarias from Borneo (Teleostei: Clariidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. V. 47 (núm. 1): 17-32. Clarias angolensis (Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F., 1866. Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) (With subtitles I-VI). Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. V. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.Bakhoum, S. A., 1994. Meristic and morphometric variations between two species of catfish, Clarias lazera and Clarias anguillaris, in the Egyptian freshwater. Bulletin of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. V. 20 (núm. 1): 191-200.Agnèse, J. F., G. G. Teugels, P. Galbusera, R. Guyomard i F. Volckaert 1997: Morphometric and genetic characterization of sympatric populations of Clarias gariepinus and Clarias anguillaris from Senegal. Journal of Fish Biology v. 50 (núm. 6): 1143-1157. Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)Nath, S. 1998: First record of Clarias batrachus (Linn.) (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Lake Surinsar (Jammu and Kashmir) India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 95 (pt 3): 518-519.Ng, H. H. i M. Kottelat 2008: The identity of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758), with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Clariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 153: 725-732. Clarias batu (Lim & Ng, 1999)Lim, K. K. P. i H. H. Ng, 1999. Clarias batu, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Núm. 6 (Suppl.): 157-167. Clarias brachysoma (Günther, 1864) Günther, A., 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. Clarias buettikoferi (Steindachner, 1894)Steindachner, F., 1894. Die Fische Liberia's. Notes from the Leyden Museum. V. 16 (núms. 1-2, Note 1): 1-96, Pls. 1-4. Clarias buthupogon (Sauvage, 1879)Sauvage, H. E., 1879. Notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série). V. 3: 90-103. Clarias camerunensis (Lönnberg, 1895)Lönnberg, E., 1895. Notes on fishes collected in the Cameroons by Mr. Y. Sjöstedt. Öfversigt af Kongl. Veterskaps-akadeiens forhandlinger 1895 (núm. 3): 179-195. Clarias cataractus (Fowler, 1939) Clarias cavernicola (Trewavas, 1936)Bruton, M. N., 1995. Threatened fishes of the world: Clarias cavernicola Trewavas, 1936 (Clariidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 43: 162. Clarias dayi (Hora, 1936)Manimekalan, A. i M. Arunachalam 2002: Rediscovery of critically endangered air breathing catfish Clarias dayi Hora Pisces: Claridae, at Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 99 (pt 1): 129-130. Clarias dhonti (Boulenger, 1920)Boulenger, G. A., 1920. On some new fishes from near the west coast of Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1919 (pts 3-4): 399-404. Clarias dumerilii (Steindachner, 1866) Clarias dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) Clarias ebriensis (Pellegrin, 1920)Teugels, G. G. i D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde 1981: On the synonymy of the West African species Clarias ebriensis and Clarias dahomeyensis (Pisces, Clariidae). Revue de Zoologique Africaine v. 95 (núm. 1): 11-28. Clarias engelseni (Johnsen, 1926)Johnsen, S., 1926. On a collection of fishes from the White Nile and the Yei River. (With notes on the skull of Allabenchelys and Clarias). Bergens Museums Aarbok. Núm. 10: 1-22. Clarias fuscus (Lacépède, 1803)Lacépède, B. G. E., 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Histoire naturelle des poissons. V. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. Clarias gabonensis (Günther, 1867) Günther, A., 1867. New fishes from the Gaboon and Gold Coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3). V. 20 (núm. 116): 110-117, Pls. 2-3. Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)Burchell, W. J., 1822. Travels in the interior of southern Africa. 2 vols. Londres.Adriaens, D. i W. Verraes 1996: Ontogeny of cranial musculature in Clarias gariepinus (Siluroidei: Clariidae): the adductor mandibulae complex. Journal of Morphology, v. 229 (3): 255-269.Benech, V., G. G. Teugels, i G. Gourene, 1993. Critère pratique pour distinguer deux poissons-chats Africains, Clarias anguillaris et Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes; Clariidae). Cybium v. 17 (núm. 1): 83-85.Skelton, P. H. i G. G. Teugels 1992: Neotype description for the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Pisces: Siluroidei: Clariidae). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Núm. 56: 1-7. Clarias hilli (Fowler, 1936)Fowler, H. W., 1936. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934. Part III,--The fresh water fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. V. 88: 243-335. Clarias insolitus (Ng, 2003)Ng, H. H., 2003. Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. Zootaxa Núm. 284: 1-8. Clarias intermedius (Teugels, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2001)Teugels, G. G., Sudarto & L. Pouyaud, 2001. Description of a new Clarias species from Southeast Asia based on morphological and genetical evidence (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Cybium v. 25 (núm. 1): 81-92. Clarias jaensis (Boulenger, 1909) Boulenger, G. A., 1909. Descriptions of new freshwater fishes discovered by Mr. G. L. Bates in South Cameroon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8). V. 4 (núm. 21): 186-188. Clarias kapuasensis (Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003)Sudarto, G. G. Teugels & L. Pouyaud. 2003. Description of two new Clarias species from Borneo (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Cybium v. 27 (núm. 2): 153-161. Clarias laeviceps (Gill, 1862)Gill, T. N., 1862. On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. V. 14: 134-139. Clarias lamottei (Daget & Planquette, 1967)Daget, J. i P. Planquette, 1967. Sur quelques poissons de Côte d'Ivoire avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle, Clarias lamottei n. sp. (Pisces, Siluriformes, Clariidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 39 (núm. 2): 278-281.Teugels, G. G. 2003: Clarias lamottei (Siluriformes, Clariidae), a natural intergeneric hybrid from West Africa. Cybium v. 27 (núm. 1): 11-15. Clarias leiacanthus (Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P., 1851. Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. V. 2: 415-442. Clarias liocephalus (Boulenger, 1898) Boulenger, G. A., 1898. Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3): 494-497. Clarias longior (Boulenger, 1907)Boulenger, G. A., 1907. Descriptions of three new freshwater fishes discovered by Mr. G. L. Bates in South Cameroon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). V. 20 (núm. 115): 50-52. Clarias maclareni (Trewavas, 1962)Trewavas, E., 1962. Fishes of the crater lakes of the northwestern Cameroons. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. V. 13 (heft 1/3): 146-192. Clarias macrocephalus (Günther, 1864)Teugels, G. G., R. C. Diego, L. Pouyaud i M. Legendre 1999: Redescription of Clarias macrocephalus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from South-East Asia. Cybium v. 23 (núm. 3): 285-295. Clarias macromystax (Günther, 1864) Clarias meladerma (Bleeker, 1846)Bleeker, P., 1846. Overzigt der siluroïden, welke te Batavia voorkomen. Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archif voor Neerlandsch Indië. V. 3 (núm. 2): 135-184. Clarias microstomus (Ng, 2001)Ng, H.-H., 2001. Clarias microstomus, a new species of clariid catfish from eastern Borneo (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zool. Studies. V. 40 (núm. 2): 158-162. Clarias nebulosus (Deraniyagala, 1958)Deraniyagala, P. E. P., 1958. Three new cyprinoids, a new cat fish and variation among some cyprinoids and an anabantoid of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica. V. 28 (pt 2): 129-138, Pls. 1-2. Clarias ngamensis (Castelnau, 1861)Castelnau, F. L., 1861. Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. París. Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe.: i-vii + 1-78.Teugels, G. G., 1983. Notes on the status of Clarias ngamensis Castelnau 1861, Clarias mellandi (Boulenger, 1905), Clarias prentissgrayi (Fowler 1930) and Clarias lamottei Daget and Planquette 1967 (Pisces, Clariidae) with the rehabilitation of Dinotopteroides Fowler 1930 as a subgenus of Clarias. Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 7 (núm. 1): 15-28. Clarias nieuhofii (Valenciennes, 1840) Clarias nigricans (Ng, 2003)Ng, H. H. 2003. Clarias nigricans, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from eastern Borneo. Raffles Bull. Zool. v. 51 (núm. 2): 393-398. Clarias nigromarmoratus (Poll, 1967)Poll, M., 1967. Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de l'Angola. Publicações. Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes Angola. Núm. 75: 1-381, Pls. 1-20. Clarias olivaceus (Fowler, 1904)Fowler, H. W., 1904. A collection of fishes from Sumatra. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Filadèlfia. Second series. V. 12 (pt 4): 495-560, Pls. 7-28. Clarias pachynema (Boulenger, 1903)Boulenger, G. A., 1903. Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from southern Cameroon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). V. 12 (núm. 70): 435-441.Teugels, G. G., 1980: Notes on the status and the synonyms of Clarias pachynema (Boulenger, 1903) (Pisces, Clariidae). Revue de Zoologique Africaine v. 94 (núm. 3): 678-692. Clarias planiceps (Ng, 1999) Clarias platycephalus (Boulenger, 1902)Boulenger, G. A., 1902. Additions à la faune ichthyologique de bassin du Congo. Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology). V. 2 (fasc. 2): 19-57, Pls. 7-16.