Clariidae

Airbreathing catfishes

117 species

1. 1Bathyclarias atribranchus (Greenwood, 1961)fresh · tropical
2. 2Bathyclarias euryodon Jackson, 1959fresh · tropical
3. 3Bathyclarias filicibarbis Jackson, 1959fresh · tropical
4. 4Bathyclarias foveolatus (Jackson, 1955)fresh · tropical
5. 5Bathyclarias longibarbis (Worthington, 1933)fresh · tropical
6. 6Bathyclarias nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)fresh · tropical
7. 7Bathyclarias rotundifrons Jackson, 1959fresh · tropical
8. 8Bathyclarias worthingtoni Jackson, 1959fresh · tropical
9. 9Channallabes alvarezi (Roman, 1971)fresh · tropical
10. 10Channallabes apus (Günther, 1873) · Eel catfishfresh · tropical
11. 11Channallabes longicaudatus (Pappenheim, 1911)fresh · tropical
12. 12Channallabes ogooensis Devaere, Adriaens & Verraes, 2007fresh · tropical
13. 13Channallabes sanghaensis Devaere, Adriaens & Verraes, 2007fresh · tropical
14. 14Channallabes teugelsi Devaere, Adriaens & Verraes, 2007fresh · tropical
15. 15Clariallabes attemsi (Holly, 1927)fresh · tropical
16. 16Clariallabes brevibarbis Pellegrin, 1913fresh · tropical
17. 17Clariallabes centralis (Poll & Lambert, 1958)fresh · tropical
18. 18Clariallabes heterocephalus Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
19. 19Clariallabes laticeps (Steindachner, 1911)fresh · tropical
20. 20Clariallabes longicauda (Boulenger, 1902)fresh · tropical
21. 21Clariallabes manyangae (Boulenger, 1919)fresh · tropical
22. 22Clariallabes melas (Boulenger, 1887)fresh · tropical
23. 23Clariallabes mutsindoziensis Taverne & De Vos, 1998fresh · tropical
24. 24Clariallabes petricola Greenwood, 1956 · Victoria snake catfishfresh · tropical
25. 25Clariallabes pietschmanni (Güntert, 1938)fresh · tropical
26. 26Clariallabes platyprosopos Jubb, 1965 · Broadhead catfishfresh · tropical
27. 27Clariallabes simeonsi Poll, 1941fresh · tropical
28. 28Clariallabes teugelsi Ferraris, 2007fresh · tropical
29. 29Clariallabes uelensis (Poll, 1941)fresh · tropical
30. 30Clariallabes variabilis Pellegrin, 1926fresh · tropical
31. 31Clarias abbreviatus Valenciennes, 1840fresh · tropical
32. 32Clarias agboyiensis Sydenham, 1980fresh · tropical
33. 33Clarias albopunctatus Nichols & La Monte, 1953fresh · tropical
34. 34Clarias alluaudi Boulenger, 1906 · Alluaud's catfishfresh · tropical
35. 35Clarias anfractus Ng, 1999fresh · tropical
36. 36Clarias angolensis Steindachner, 1866 · Angolian walking catfishfresh · tropical
37. 37Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mudfishfresh · tropical
38. 38Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Philippine catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
39. 39Clarias batu Lim & Ng, 1999fresh · tropical
40. 40Clarias brachysoma Günther, 1864 · Walking catfishfresh · tropical
41. 41Clarias buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894fresh · tropical
42. 42Clarias buthupogon Sauvage, 1879fresh · tropical
43. 43Clarias camerunensis Lönnberg, 1895fresh · tropical
44. 44Clarias cataractus (Fowler, 1939)fresh · tropical
45. 45Clarias cavernicola Trewavas, 1936 · Cave catfishfresh · tropical
46. 46Clarias dayi Hora, 1936fresh · tropical
47. 47Clarias dhonti (Boulenger, 1920)fresh · tropical
48. 48Clarias dumerilii Steindachner, 1866fresh · tropical
49. 49Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840fresh · tropical
50. 50Clarias ebriensis Pellegrin, 1920fresh · tropical
51. 51Clarias engelseni (Johnsen, 1926)fresh · tropical
52. 52Clarias fuscus (Lacepède, 1803) · Hong Kong catfishfresh · subtropical
53. 53Clarias gabonensis Günther, 1867fresh · tropical
54. 54Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) · North African catfishfresh · subtropical
55. 55Clarias gracilentus Ng, Hong & Tu, 2011fresh · tropical
56. 56Clarias hilli Fowler, 1936fresh · tropical
57. 57Clarias insolitus Ng, 2003fresh · tropical
58. 58Clarias intermedius Teugels, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2001fresh · tropical
59. 59Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909fresh · tropical
60. 60Clarias kapuasensis Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003fresh · tropical
61. 61Clarias laeviceps Gill, 1862 · Catfishfresh · tropical
62. 62Clarias lamottei Daget & Planquette, 1967fresh · tropical
63. 63Clarias leiacanthus Bleeker, 1851fresh · tropical
64. 64Clarias liocephalus Boulenger, 1898 · Smoothhead catfishfresh · tropical
65. 65Clarias longior Boulenger, 1907fresh · tropical
66. 66Clarias maclareni Trewavas, 1962fresh · tropical
67. 67Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864 · Bighead catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
68. 68Clarias macromystax Günther, 1864fresh · tropical
69. 69Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
70. 70Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846 · Blackskin catfishfresh · tropical
71. 71Clarias microspilus Ng & Hadiaty, 2011fresh · tropical
72. 72Clarias microstomus Ng, 2001fresh · tropical
73. 73Clarias monsembulai Bernt & Stiassny, 2022 · Monsembula catfishfresh · tropical
74. 74Clarias nebulosus Deraniyagala, 1958fresh · tropical
75. 75Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861 · Blunt-toothed African catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
76. 76Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840 · Slender walking catfishfresh · tropical
77. 77Clarias nigricans Ng, 2003fresh · tropical
78. 78Clarias nigromarmoratus Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
79. 79Clarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904fresh · tropical
80. 80Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903fresh · tropical
81. 81Clarias planiceps Ng, 1999fresh · tropical
82. 82Clarias platycephalus Boulenger, 1902fresh · tropical
83. 83Clarias pseudoleiacanthus Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003fresh · tropical
84. 84Clarias pseudonieuhofii Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2004fresh · tropical
85. 85Clarias salae Hubrecht, 1881fresh · tropical
86. 86Clarias serniosus Ng & Kottelat, 2014fresh · tropical
87. 87Clarias stappersii Boulenger, 1915 · Blotched catfishfresh · tropical
88. 88Clarias submarginatus Peters, 1882fresh · tropical
89. 89Clarias sulcatus Ng, 2004fresh · tropical
90. 90Clarias teijsmanni Bleeker, 1857fresh · tropical
91. 91Clarias theodorae Weber, 1897 · Snake catfishfresh · tropical
92. 92Clarias werneri Boulenger, 1906 · Werner's catfishfresh · tropical
93. 93Dinotopterus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906fresh · tropical
94. 94Dolichallabes microphthalmus Poll, 1942fresh · tropical
95. 95Encheloclarias baculum Ng & Lim, 1993fresh · tropical
96. 96Encheloclarias curtisoma Ng & Lim, 1993fresh · tropical
97. 97Encheloclarias kelioides Ng & Lim, 1993fresh · tropical
98. 98Encheloclarias medialis Ng, 2012fresh · tropical
99. 99Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1853)fresh · tropical
100. 100Encheloclarias velatus Ng & Tan, 2000fresh · tropical
101. 101Gymnallabes nops Roberts & Stewart, 1976fresh · tropical
102. 102Gymnallabes typus Günther, 1867fresh · tropical
103. 103Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 · African catfishfresh · tropical
104. 104Heterobranchus boulengeri Pellegrin, 1922fresh · tropical
105. 105Heterobranchus isopterus Bleeker, 1863fresh · tropical
106. 106Heterobranchus longifilis Valenciennes, 1840 · Sampafresh · tropical
107. 107Horaglanis abdulkalami Babu, 2012fresh · tropical
108. 108Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004fresh · tropical
109. 109Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950 · Indian blind catfishfresh · tropical
110. 110Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)fresh · tropical
111. 111Platyclarias machadoi Poll, 1977fresh · tropical
112. 112Pseudotanganikallabes prognatha Wright, 2017fresh · tropical
113. 113Tanganikallabes alboperca Wright & Bailey, 2012fresh · tropical
114. 114Tanganikallabes mortiauxi Poll, 1943fresh · tropical
115. 115Tanganikallabes stewarti Wright & Bailey, 2012fresh · tropical
116. 116Uegitglanis zammaranoi Gianferrari, 1923fresh · tropical
117. 117Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928) · Lake Victoria deepwater catfishfresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.