Clarias
| Clarias Temporal range: Lower Pliocene - recent | |
|---|---|
| Walking catfish, Clarias batrachus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Clarias Scopoli, 1777 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus anguillaris | |
| Species | |
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Many, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
Clarias is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes. The name is derived from the Greek chlaros, which means lively, in reference to the ability of the fish to live for a long time out of water.
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