🦋 Family

Clariidae

2 species · Animals

🔍 How to identify Clariidae →
Animalia › Chordata › › Siluriformes › Clariidae
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Clarias gariepinus, the African sharptooth catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to Africa and the Middle East, introduced worldwide for aquaculture.
Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clarias batrachus, the walking catfish, is a tropical Southeast Asian catfish often confused with close relatives and farmed for food.

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