WoRMS taxon details
Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
581700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581700)
accepted
Species
Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581700 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900) Boulenger, G. A. (1900). List of the fishes collected by Mr. J. S. Budgett in the river Gambia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900.</em> (pt 3) (art. 4): 511-516. [details]
original description (of Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Clarias parvimanus 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. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clarias parvimanus 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. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Clarias hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias anguillaris)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3123902) (from synonym Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583117) (from synonym Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3125487) (from synonym Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias anguillaris)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3123902) (from synonym Clarias budgetti Boulenger, 1900)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583117) (from synonym Clarias parvimanus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3125487) (from synonym Clarias senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840)
To ITIS
