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Clarias (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae

Taxonomy
Clarias was named by Scopoli (1777). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluridae by Woodward (1901); and to Clariidae by Sereno et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. gariepinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Clarias Scopoli
1901Clarias Woodward p. 324
2008Clarias Sereno et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846
genusClariasScopoli 1777

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Clarias Scopoli 1777 [catfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (128 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Clarias sp. (47026 47074)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya Clarias sp. (22303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Clarias sp. (22288 22293)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Clarias sp. (28245)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Clarias sp. (22140 22141 22143 22145 22146)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Clarias sp. (22044 22144)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Clarias sp. (22277 22278)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Clarias sp. (22152 22154 22476 22477)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Clarias sp. (22271)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Clarias sp. (21531)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Clarias sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Clarias lazera (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Clarias sp. (69088)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Clarias sp. (21538)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Clarias sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Clarias sp. (21545)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Clarias sp. (21446 21451 21497 32116)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Clarias sp. (22593 22595)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) Clarias sp. (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Clarias sp. (21442 21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522 22342 32051 32053 32055)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Clarias sp. (21974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Clarias anguillaris (21885 21886 21887 21890 21891 21892) Clarias sp. (21853 21898 21899 21901 21905 21906)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Clarias sp. (21836 21837 21838 21842 21843)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Clarias anguillaris (22508 22509 22513 22514 22516 22519 22520 22522 22523 22524 22526 22530 22531 22544 22545)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Clarias sp. (22098 22099 22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Clarias anguillaris (22527 22528 22529 22532 22533 22534 22536 22537 22539 22542 22543)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Clarias indet. (32060 32063) Clarias sp. (21414 21443 21524 21526 21534 32058 32085 32087)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Clarias sp. (21968 21970 21971 22041 22064 22464 22469 22620 22621 22626 22627 22628)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Clarias sp. (22272 22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Clarias gariepinus (22066) Clarias sp. (22065)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Clarias sp. (208787) Clarias sp., Clarias gariepinus (208786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Clarias sp. (83303 83304 83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Clarias gariepinus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Clarias sp. (22068 22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Clarias sp. (22310)