Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species: C. anfractus C. anguillaris C. batrachus C. batu C. brachysoma C. cavernicola C. dayi C. dussumieri C. fuscus C. gariepinus C. gracilentus C. insolitus C. intermedius C. kapuasensis C. leiacanthus C. macrocephalus C. magur C. meladerma C. microspilus C. microstomus C. nieuhofii C. nigricans C. olivaceus C. planiceps C. pseudoleiacanthus C. pseudonieuhofii C. serniosus C. stappersii C. sulcatus

Name

Clarias Scopoli, 1777: 455

Gender: masculine

Type species: Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758

Fixation: subsequent designation by Teugels & Roberts, 1987

Synonymy

References

Primary references

  • Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. 540 pp. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page. 
  • Teugels, G.G. & Roberts, T.R. 1987. Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758: designation as type species of Clarias Scopoli, 1777 and rediscovery of holotype (Pisces: Clariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90(1): 95–98.

Additional references

  • Hanssens, M. 2009: A review of the Clarias species (Pisces; Siluriformes) from the Lower Congo and the Pool Malebo. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 5.
  • Ng, H.H.; Hong, D.K.; Nguyen, V.T. 2011: Clarias gracilentus, a new walking catfish (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia. Zootaxa 2823: 61–68. Preview (PDF)
  • Ng, H.H.; Hadiaty, R.K. Clarias microspilus, a new walking catfish (Teleostei: Clariidae) from northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(3): 1577–1584.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. 2014. Clarias serniosus, a new walking catfish (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Laos. Zootaxa 3884(5): 437–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.5.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Walking catfish
ไทย: ปลาดุก
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