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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Common Names | Walking Catfish |
| Size | Smallest 57mm, largest 1700mm, average 495mm, most commonly 330mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 13 "species" in 9 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 13 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 2 "species" (15%) are being bred. |
| Distribution | Africa & Asia Login to view the map. |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Channallabes | 3 species | (14 keepers) |
| 2. | Clarias | 38 species | (3 keepers) |
| 3. | Encheloclarias | 6 species | (2 keepers) |
| 4. | Heterobranchus | 5 species | (2 keepers) |
| 5. | Gymnallabes | 2 species | (1 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (53%) | |
| 2. | (14%) | |
| 3. | (10%) | |
| 4. | (8%) | |
| 5. | (4%) | |
| 6. | (2%) | |
| 7. | (2%) | |
| 8. | (2%) | |
| 9. | (1%) | |
| 10. | (1%) | |
| 11. | (1%) | |
| 12. | (1%) | |
| 13. | (1%) | |
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/batrachus/1.jpg "Clarias batrachus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/channallabes/apus/1.jpg "Channallabes apus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/gymnallabes/typus/1.jpg "Gymnallabes typus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/gariepinus/1.jpg "Clarias gariepinus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/fuscus/1.jpg "Clarias fuscus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/heterobranchus/longifilis/1.jpg "Heterobranchus longifilis")
/siluriformes/clariidae/encheloclarias/curtisoma/1.jpg "Encheloclarias curtisoma")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/nieuhofii/1.jpg "Clarias nieuhofii")
/siluriformes/clariidae/tanganikallabes/mortiauxi/1.jpg "Tanganikallabes mortiauxi")
/siluriformes/clariidae/gymnallabes/nops/1.jpg "Gymnallabes nops")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/liocephalus/1.jpg "Clarias liocephalus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/leiacanthus/1.jpg "Clarias leiacanthus")
/siluriformes/clariidae/clarias/angolensis/1.jpg "Clarias angolensis")
| Most Kept Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:76, k:53, b:1) | |
| 2. | (i:15, k:14, b:0) | |
| 3. | (i:16, k:10, b:0) | |
| 4. | (i:26, k:8, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:2, k:4, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:4, k:2, b:0) | |
| 7. | (i:4, k:2, b:0) | |
| 8. | (i:6, k:2, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 10. | (i:5, k:1, b:0) | |
| 11. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 12. | (i:1, k:1, b:1) | |
| 13. | (i:11, k:1, b:0) | |