n = 183
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarias abbreviatus | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias abbreviatus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias aboinensis | Sydenham & Olawoye, 1981 | Clarias jaensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias agboyensis | Sydenham, 1980 | Clarias agboyiensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias agboyiensis | Sydenham, 1980 | Clarias agboyiensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias albopunctatus | Nichols & La Monte, 1953 | Clarias albopunctatus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias alluaudi | Boulenger, 1906 | Clarias alluaudi | Clariidae | Alluaud's catfish |
| Clarias amplexicauda | Boulenger, 1902 | Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | Snake catfish |
| Clarias anfractus | Ng, 1999 | Clarias anfractus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias angolensis | Steindachner, 1866 | Clarias angolensis | Clariidae | Angolian walking catfish |
| Clarias angolensis macronema | Fowler, 1949 | Clarias angolensis | Clariidae | Angolian walking catfish |
| Clarias anguillaris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | Mudfish |
| Clarias assamensis | Day, 1877 | Clarias batrachus | Clariidae | Philippine catfish |
| Clarias bathupogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias bathypogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias batrachus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Clarias batrachus | Clariidae | Philippine catfish |
| Clarias batu | Lim & Ng, 1999 | Clarias batu | Clariidae | |
| Clarias betrachus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Clarias batrachus | Clariidae | Philippine catfish |
| Clarias bithypogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias brachysoma | Günther, 1864 | Clarias brachysoma | Clariidae | Walking catfish |
| Clarias breviceps | Boulenger, 1900 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias brevinuchalis | Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 | Clarias angolensis | Clariidae | Angolian walking catfish |
| Clarias brevior | (Boulenger, 1903) | Clariallabes longicauda | Clariidae | |
| Clarias budgetti | Boulenger, 1900 | Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | Mudfish |
| Clarias buettikoferi | Steindachner, 1894 | Clarias buettikoferi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias bulumae | Steindachner, 1894 | Clarias buettikoferi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias buthipogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias buthopogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias buthupogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias buthypogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias butupogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias bythipogon | Sauvage, 1879 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias cameronensis | Holly, 1927 | Clarias jaensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias camerunensis | Lönnberg, 1895 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias capensis | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias carsoni | Boulenger, 1903 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias carsonii | Boulenger, 1903 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias cataractus | (Fowler, 1939) | Clarias cataractus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias cavernicola | Trewavas, 1936 | Clarias cavernicola | Clariidae | Cave catfish |
| Clarias centralis | Poll & Lambert, 1958 | Clariallabes centralis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias confluentus | Nichols & La Monte, 1933 | Clarias angolensis | Clariidae | Angolian walking catfish |
| Clarias congicus | Poll, 1942 | Clarias gabonensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dahomeyensis | Güntert, 1938 | Clarias ebriensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dayi | Hora, 1936 | Clarias dayi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias depressus | Myers, 1925 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias dhonti | (Boulenger, 1920) | Clarias dhonti | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dialonensis | Daget, 1962 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias dolloi | Boulenger, 1896 | Clarias gabonensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dorsimarmoratus | Ahl, 1937 | Clarias buettikoferi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias duchaillui | Fowler, 1915 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dumerili | Steindachner, 1866 | Clarias dumerilii | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dumerilii | Steindachner, 1866 | Clarias dumerilii | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dussumieri | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias dussumieri | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dussumieri dayi | Hora, 1936 | Clarias dayi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias dussumieri dussumieri | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias dussumieri | Clariidae | |
| Clarias ebriensis | Pellegrin, 1920 | Clarias ebriensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias ekibondoi | Fowler, 1936 | Clarias platycephalus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias engelseni | (Johnsen, 1926) | Clarias engelseni | Clariidae | |
| Clarias esamesae | Boulenger, 1911 | Clarias pachynema | Clariidae | |
| Clarias eupogon | Norman, 1928 | Xenoclarias eupogon | Clariidae | Lake Victoria deepwater catfish |
| Clarias fouloni | Boulenger, 1905 | Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | Snake catfish |
| Clarias foveolatus | Jackson, 1955 | Bathyclarias foveolatus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias fuscus | (Lacepède, 1803) | Clarias fuscus | Clariidae | Hong Kong catfish |
| Clarias gabonensis | Günther, 1867 | Clarias gabonensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias gariepinus | (Burchell, 1822) | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias gilli | Smith & Seale, 1906 | Clarias nieuhofii | Clariidae | Slender walking catfish |
| Clarias gracilentus | Ng, Hong & Tu, 2011 | Clarias gracilentus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias gracilis | Fowler, 1936 | Clarias hilli | Clariidae | |
| Clarias guentheri | Pfeffer, 1896 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias guineensis | Osório, 1909 | Clarias buettikoferi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias hasselquistii | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | Mudfish |
| Clarias hilgendorfi | Boulenger, 1911 | Clarias alluaudi | Clariidae | Alluaud's catfish |
| Clarias hilli | Fowler, 1936 | Clarias hilli | Clariidae | |
| Clarias hollyi | Pellegrin, 1929 | Clarias jaensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias insolitus | Ng, 2003 | Clarias insolitus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias intermedius | Teugels, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2001 | Clarias intermedius | Clariidae | |
| Clarias isheriensis | Sydenham, 1980 | Clarias agboyiensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias jaensis | Boulenger, 1909 | Clarias jaensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias jagur | (Hamilton, 1822) | Clarias magur | Clariidae | |
| Clarias kapuasensis | Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003 | Clarias kapuasensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias kingsleyae | Günther, 1903 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias laeviceps | Gill, 1862 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias laeviceps dialonensis | Daget, 1962 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias laeviceps laeviceps | Gill, 1862 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias lamottei | Daget & Planquette, 1967 | Clarias lamottei | Clariidae | |
| Clarias laticeps | (Steindachner, 1911) | Clariallabes laticeps | Clariidae | |
| Clarias lazera | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias leiacanthus | Bleeker, 1851 | Clarias leiacanthus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias liberiensis | Steindachner, 1894 | Clarias buettikoferi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias lindicus | Boulenger, 1920 | Clarias angolensis | Clariidae | Angolian walking catfish |
| Clarias liocephalus | Boulenger, 1898 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias loangwensis | Worthington, 1933 | Heterobranchus longifilis | Clariidae | Sampa |
| Clarias longibarbis | Worthington, 1933 | Bathyclarias longibarbis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias longibarbis | David & Poll, 1937 | Clariallabes teugelsi | Clariidae | |
| Clarias longicauda | (Boulenger, 1902) | Clariallabes longicauda | Clariidae | |
| Clarias longiceps | Boulenger, 1899 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias longior | Boulenger, 1907 | Clarias longior | Clariidae | |
| Clarias lualae | Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias maclareni | Trewavas, 1962 | Clarias maclareni | Clariidae | |
| Clarias macracanthus | Günther, 1864 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias macrocephalus | Günther, 1864 | Clarias macrocephalus | Clariidae | Bighead catfish |
| Clarias macromystax | Günther, 1864 | Clarias macromystax | Clariidae | |
| Clarias macrurus | Boulenger, 1915 | Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | Snake catfish |
| Clarias magony | Mason, 1850 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Clarias magur | (Hamilton, 1822) | Clarias magur | Clariidae | |
| Clarias malaris | Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias meladerma | Bleeker, 1846 | Clarias meladerma | Clariidae | Blackskin catfish |
| Clarias melandi | Boulenger, 1905 | Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | Blunt-toothed African catfish |
| Clarias melanoderma | Bleeker, 1858 | Clarias meladerma | Clariidae | Blackskin catfish |
| Clarias melanopogon | Fowler, 1936 | Clarias longior | Clariidae | |
| Clarias melanosoma | Bleeker, 1852 | Clarias meladerma | Clariidae | Blackskin catfish |
| Clarias melas | Boulenger, 1887 | Clariallabes melas | Clariidae | |
| Clarias melasoma | Bleeker, 1852 | Clarias meladerma | Clariidae | Blackskin catfish |
| Clarias mellandi | Boulenger, 1905 | Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | Blunt-toothed African catfish |
| Clarias microphthalmus | Pfeffer, 1896 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias micropthalmus | Pfeffer, 1896 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias microspilus | Ng & Hadiaty, 2011 | Clarias microspilus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias microstomus | Ng, 2001 | Clarias microstomus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias monkei | Keilhack, 1910 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias monsembulai | Bernt & Stiassny, 2022 | Clarias monsembulai | Clariidae | Monsembula catfish |
| Clarias moorii | Boulenger, 1901 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias mossambicus | Peters, 1852 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias muelleri | Pietschmann, 1939 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias nagamensis | Castelnau, 1861 | Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | Blunt-toothed African catfish |
| Clarias nebulosus | Deraniyagala, 1958 | Clarias nebulosus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias neumanni | Hilgendorf, 1905 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias ngamensis | Castelnau, 1861 | Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | Blunt-toothed African catfish |
| Clarias ngola | Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias nieuhoffi | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias nieuhofii | Clariidae | Slender walking catfish |
| Clarias nieuhofi | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias nieuhofii | Clariidae | Slender walking catfish |
| Clarias nieuhofii | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias nieuhofii | Clariidae | Slender walking catfish |
| Clarias nigeriae | Popta, 1919 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias nigricans | Ng, 2003 | Clarias nigricans | Clariidae | |
| Clarias nigromarmoratus | Poll, 1967 | Clarias nigromarmoratus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias noensis | Boulenger, 1908 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias notozygurus | Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias nyasensis | Worthington, 1933 | Bathyclarias nyasensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias obscurus | Poll, 1948 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | |
| Clarias olivaceus | Fowler, 1904 | Clarias olivaceus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias ornatus | Poll, 1943 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias orontis | Günther, 1864 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias oxycephalus | Boulenger, 1913 | Clarias pachynema | Clariidae | |
| Clarias pachynema | Boulenger, 1903 | Clarias pachynema | Clariidae | |
| Clarias parvimanus | Günther, 1864 | Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | Mudfish |
| Clarias pentapterus | Bleeker, 1851 | Clarias nieuhofii | Clariidae | Slender walking catfish |
| Clarias phillipsi | Norman, 1925 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias planiceps | Ng, 1999 | Clarias planiceps | Clariidae | |
| Clarias plathycephalus | Boulenger, 1902 | Clarias platycephalus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias platycephalus | Boulenger, 1902 | Clarias platycephalus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias poensis | Boulenger, 1908 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias prentissgrayi | (Fowler, 1930) | Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | Blunt-toothed African catfish |
| Clarias pseudoleiacanthus | Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2003 | Clarias pseudoleiacanthus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias pseudonieuhofii | Sudarto, Teugels & Pouyaud, 2004 | Clarias pseudonieuhofii | Clariidae | |
| Clarias pulcher | Popta, 1904 | Clarias leiacanthus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias pulicaris | Richardson, 1845 | Clarias fuscus | Clariidae | Hong Kong catfish |
| Clarias punctatus | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias batrachus | Clariidae | Philippine catfish |
| Clarias robecchii | Vinciguerra, 1893 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias salae | Hubrecht, 1881 | Clarias salae | Clariidae | |
| Clarias senegalensis | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | Mudfish |
| Clarias serniosus | Ng & Kottelat, 2014 | Clarias serniosus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias smithii | Günther, 1896 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias stapersii | Boulenger, 1915 | Clarias stappersii | Clariidae | Blotched catfish |
| Clarias stappersi | Boulenger, 1915 | Clarias stappersii | Clariidae | Blotched catfish |
| Clarias stappersii | Boulenger, 1915 | Clarias stappersii | Clariidae | Blotched catfish |
| Clarias submarginatus | Peters, 1882 | Clarias submarginatus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias submarginatus liocephalus | Boulenger, 1898 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias submarginatus thysvillensis | David & Poll, 1937 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias sulcatus | Ng, 2004 | Clarias sulcatus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias syriacus | Valenciennes, 1840 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias teijsmanni | Bleeker, 1857 | Clarias teijsmanni | Clariidae | |
| Clarias teysmanni | Bleeker, 1857 | Clarias teijsmanni | Clariidae | |
| Clarias theodora | Weber, 1897 | Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | Snake catfish |
| Clarias theodorae | Weber, 1897 | Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | Snake catfish |
| Clarias thienemanni | Ahl, 1934 | Clarias leiacanthus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias tsanensis | Boulenger, 1902 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias uelensis | Poll, 1941 | Clariallabes uelensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias vandenhoutei | Poll, 1941 | Clarias laeviceps | Clariidae | Catfish |
| Clarias varispinis | Fowler, 1936 | Clarias platycephalus | Clariidae | |
| Clarias vinciguerrae | Boulenger, 1902 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias walkeri | Günther, 1896 | Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | |
| Clarias werneri | Boulenger, 1906 | Clarias werneri | Clariidae | Werner's catfish |
| Clarias xenodon | Günther, 1864 | Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | North African catfish |
| Clarias youngicus | Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 | Clarias liocephalus | Clariidae | Smoothhead catfish |
| Clarias zygouron | Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae |