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Family Order: Siluriformes 🍽️ 16 Edible 🎣 5 Game Fish ⚠️ 2 Venomous

Clariidae

Species
117
Genera
15
Max Length
175 cm
Max Weight
60.0 kg
Avg Trophic
3.48
Threatened
5

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Mexico
5 spp.
United States
4 spp.
China
4 spp.
Singapore
3 spp.
Italy
3 spp.
Malaysia
3 spp.
Myanmar
3 spp.
France
2 spp.
Cambodia
2 spp.
Brunei
2 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

omnivore
67%
4
piscivore
33%
2
Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
130 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

💧 Freshwater
117

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
VU
DD
Least Concern 62
Near Threatened 3
Vulnerable 10
Endangered 7
Critically Endangered 5
Data Deficient 20

🐟 Species in Clariidae

117 total
African catfish
Heterobranchus bidorsalis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Alluaud's catfish
Clarias alluaudi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Angolian walking catfish
Clarias angolensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
aquarium
Bathyclarias worthingtoni
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
aquarium
Bathyclarias rotundifrons
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
aquarium
Bathyclarias nyasensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
aquarium
Bathyclarias longibarbis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Aswiri
Clarias ebriensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Bathyclarias Atribranchus
Bathyclarias atribranchus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Bathyclarias Euryodon
Bathyclarias euryodon
LC 💧 Freshwater
Bathyclarias Filicibarbis
Bathyclarias filicibarbis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Bathyclarias Foveolatus
Bathyclarias foveolatus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Bighead catfish
Clarias macrocephalus
DD 💧 Freshwater Edible
Blackskin catfish
Clarias meladerma
LC 💧 Freshwater
Blotched catfish
Clarias stappersii
LC 💧 Freshwater
Blunt-toothed African catfish
Clarias ngamensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible Game
Broadhead catfish
Clariallabes platyprosopos
LC 💧 Freshwater Game
Buettikofer's Catfish
Clarias buettikoferi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Catfish
Clarias agboyiensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Catfish
Clarias laeviceps
VU 💧 Freshwater
Cave catfish
Clarias cavernicola
CR 💧 Freshwater
Channallabes Alvarezi
Channallabes alvarezi
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Channallabes Longicaudatus
Channallabes longicaudatus
DD 💧 Freshwater Edible
Channallabes Ogooensis
Channallabes ogooensis
DD 💧 Freshwater Edible