Freshwater, Brackish, Fishery, Threatened
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Clarias assamensis Day, 1877 |
| synonym | Clarias betrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| synonym | Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840 |
| synonym | Clarius bartrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| synonym | Clarius batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| synonym | Macropteronotus magur (non Hamilton, 1822) |
| synonym | Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758 |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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| Hin |
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| Hindi |
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| Kannada |
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| Khasi |
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| Malayalam |
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| Manipuri |
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| Marathi |
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| Meitei |
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| Oriya |
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| Other |
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60 - 76; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 47 - 58
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Body compressed posteriorly. Upper jaw a little projecting. Spine of pectoral fins rough on its outer edge and serrated on its inner edge . Occipital process more or less triangular, its length about 2 time in its width ; distance between dorsal and occipital process 4-5.5 times in distance from tip of snout to end of occipital process . Genital papilla in males is elongated and pointed .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
The pair manifests the "quot;spawning embrace"quot; which is widely observed in other catfish species . The pair gently nudge each other in the genital region and flick their dorsal fins; male wraps his body around the female, then the female releases a stream of adhesive eggs into the nest . In southeast Asia, spawning period is during the rainy season, when rivers rise and fish are able to excavate nests in submerged mud banks and dikes of flooded rice fields .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Migration
Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Size
Max Length
40 SL (unsexed)
Size
47.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 1,190 g
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Trophic Strategy
Inhabits swamps, ponds, ditches, rice paddies, and pools left in low spots after rivers have been in flood . Usually confined to stagnant, muddy water . Found in medium to large-sized rivers, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals . Undertakes lateral migrations from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and returns to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season . Can live out of water for quite sometime and move short distances over land . Can walk and leave the water to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary breathing organs. The Lao use this fish as lap pa or ponne pa. Feeds on insect larvae, earthworms, shells, shrimps, small fish, aquatic plants and debris . Feeds mainly on insects .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Acanthogyrus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Acanthogyrus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Aeromonosis. Bacterial ;
Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Ascaridia Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Bacterial Infections (general). Bacterial ;
Boviena Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Camallanus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Capingentoides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Clinostomoides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Clinostomum Infestation (metacercaria). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
DiseasesGnathostoma Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc. )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Freshwater
Habitat demersal; potamodromous ; freshwater; brackish; depth range 1 - ? m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Occurs in freshwater plains of India
Occurrence
misidentification
Distribution
Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Reported from Sri Lanka; popular for aquaculture in its native range but not regarded as such in other Southeast Asian countries. Trade restricted in Germany (Anl.3 BArtSchV) . Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=3054, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Allen, G.R. 1991 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, MadaNg, Papua New Guinea.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Allen, G.R. 1991 Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Natural History > Life Cycle
- Burgess, W.E. 1989 An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Natural History > Migration
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
Natural History > Size
- IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Yap, S.-Y. 1988 Food resource utilization partitioning of fifteen fish species at Bukit Merah Reservoir, Malaysia. Hydrobiologia 157:143-160.
Natural History > Diseases
- Aoki, T. 1999 Motile Aeromonads (Aeromonas hydrophila). p.427-453. In P.T.K. Woo and D.W. Bruno (eds.) Fish and Disorders, Vol. 3: Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Infections. CAB Int"l. $
- Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. $
- Arthur, J. R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102p. FAO, Rome.
- Bassleer, G. 1997 Color guide of tropical fish : on freshwater fish. Bassleer Biofish, Westmeerbeek, Belgium. 272 p. $
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Herre, A.W.C.T. 1924 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. FAO Fishery Information, Data and tatistics Service 1993 Aquaculture production (1985-1991). FAO Fish. Circ. 815, Rev. 5. 213 p. Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch 1991 Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag fur Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p.
Captive breeding for conservation of Dussumier’s Catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Clariidae: Clarias dussumieri) a Near Threatened endemic catfish of peninsular India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaSpawning and early development of the endemic and threatened Yellow Catfish Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther, 1864) (Teleostei: Bagridae)
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Journal of Threatened TaxaDistribution of catfishes in wetlands of two flood plain districts in Tamil Nadu, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaDistribution of catfishes in wetlands of two flood plain districts in Tamil Nadu, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaUnregulated aquaculture and invasive alien species: a case study of the African Catfish Clarias gariepinus in Vembanad Lake (Ramsar Wetland), Kerala, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Siluriformes |
| Family | Clariidae |
| Genus | Clarias |
| Species | Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
