WoRMS taxon details
Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
280201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280201)
accepted
Species
Clarias assamensis Day, 1877 · unaccepted
Clarias betrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Clarius bartrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Clarius batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
(of Silurus batrachus 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 batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280201 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Silurus batrachus 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 punctatus 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 Clarias assamensis Day, 1877) Day, F. (1877). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 3: 369-552, Pls. 79-138.
page(s): 485 [details]
[request]original description (of Clarias punctatus 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 Clarias assamensis Day, 1877) Day, F. (1877). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 3: 369-552, Pls. 79-138.
page(s): 485 [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | walking catfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (166 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Clarias assamensis Day, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias batrachus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias punctatus) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias betrachus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias assamensis Day, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (14754 nucleotides; 720 proteins) (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14754 nucleotides; 720 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Clarias assamensis Day, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias batrachus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clarias punctatus) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias betrachus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias assamensis Day, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (14754 nucleotides; 720 proteins) (from synonym Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14754 nucleotides; 720 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
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