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Clariidae

1. Bathyclarias gigas (i:3, k:0)
2. Bathyclarias nyasensis (i:4, k:0)
3. Channallabes apus (i:12, k:12)
4. Channallabes sp. (1) (i:3, k:0)
5. Clariallabes centralis (i:1, k:0)
6. Clariallabes dumerili (i:1, k:0)
7. Clariallabes heterocephalus (i:1, k:0)
8. Clariallabes laticeps (i:2, k:0)
9. Clariallabes longicauda (i:3, k:0)
10. Clariallabes melas (i:2, k:0)
11. Clariallabes platyprosopos (i:1, k:0)
12. Clariallabes variabilis (i:1, k:0)
13. Clarias alluaudi (i:0, k:0)
14. Clarias anfractus (i:1, k:0)
15. Clarias angolensis (i:1, k:1)
16. Clarias anguillaris (i:2, k:0)
17. Clarias batrachus (i:76, k:29)
18. Clarias batu (i:1, k:0)
19. Clarias buettikoferi (i:1, k:0)
20. Clarias buthupogon (i:1, k:0)
21. Clarias camerunensis (i:2, k:0)
22. Clarias dhonti (i:3, k:0)
23. Clarias ebriensis (i:2, k:0)
24. Clarias engelseni (i:3, k:0)
25. Clarias fuscus (i:2, k:1)
26. Clarias gabonensis (i:1, k:0)
27. Clarias gariepinus (i:24, k:4)
28. Clarias insolitus (i:1, k:0)
29. Clarias jaensis (i:1, k:0)
30. Clarias leiacanthus (i:5, k:0)
31. Clarias liocephalus (i:1, k:0)
32. Clarias macrocephalus (i:1, k:0)
33. Clarias meladerma (i:2, k:0)
34. Clarias ngamensis (i:2, k:0)
35. Clarias nieuhofii (i:2, k:1)
36. Clarias nigromarmoratus (i:1, k:0)
37. Clarias pachynema (i:3, k:1)
38. Clarias platycephalus (i:3, k:0)
39. Clarias stappersii (i:1, k:0)
40. Clarias submarginatus (i:1, k:0)
41. Clarias theodorae (i:1, k:0)
42. Clarias werneri (i:2, k:0)
43. Dinotopterus cunningtoni (i:1, k:0)
44. Dolichallabes microphthalmus (i:2, k:0)
45. Encheloclarias curtisoma (i:4, k:1)
46. Gymnallabes nops (i:1, k:0)
47. Gymnallabes typus (i:8, k:4)
48. Heterobranchus bidorsalis (i:1, k:0)
49. Heterobranchus isopterus (i:1, k:0)
50. Heterobranchus longifilis (i:4, k:1)
51. Heterobranchus sp. hybrid (i:2, k:0)
52. Heteropneustes fossilis (i:16, k:16)
53. Horaglanis krishnai (i:1, k:0)
54. Platyallabes tihoni (i:2, k:0)
55. Tanganikallabes mortiauxi (i:8, k:1)
56. Uegitglanis zammaranoi (i:4, k:0)
57. Xenoclarias holobranchus (i:3, k:0)

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The catfish family Clariidae

Clariidae

Pronounced	Claar Id Day
Family Common Name	Walking Catfish
Features	Elongated but distinct dorsal, caudal and anal fins. Full set of (usually forward facing) barbels.
Distribution	Africa & Asia
Common Names	Walking Catfish
Species	There are 57 species in 15 genera in the database
Keepers	12 species (21%) are being kept by registered keepers

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5 most popular genera

1. Clarias (37 keepers)
2. Heteropneustes (16 keepers)
3. Channallabes (12 keepers)
4. Gymnallabes (4 keepers)
5. Tanganikallabes (1 keepers)

There are 2 keepers of species in the remaining 10 genera

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25 most viewed species in order of hits

1. Clarias batrachus (14.82%)
2. Heteropneustes fossilis (13.06%)
3. Clarias gariepinus (10.26%)
4. Encheloclarias curtisoma (9.15%)
5. Channallabes apus (6.92%)
6. Gymnallabes typus (5.89%)
7. Heterobranchus longifilis (4.1%)
8. Clarias fuscus (3.19%)
9. Clarias angolensis (2.97%)
10. Heterobranchus bidorsalis (2.95%)
11. Dinotopterus cunningtoni (2.66%)
12. Clarias anguillaris (2.26%)
13. Clarias leiacanthus (2.1%)
14. Bathyclarias gigas (2.07%)
15. Horaglanis krishnai (1.86%)
16. Clarias macrocephalus (1.78%)
17. Clariallabes platyprosopos (1.76%)
18. Bathyclarias nyasensis (1.72%)
19. Clarias buettikoferi (1.72%)
20. Clarias anfractus (1.53%)
21. Clarias pachynema (1.5%)
22. Clarias camerunensis (1.48%)
23. Clarias meladerma (1.46%)
24. Clariallabes longicauda (1.41%)
25. Clarias ebriensis (1.39%)

158482 hits counted across all this family's species pages.

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