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Clariidae (airbreathing catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae

Taxonomy
Clariidae was named by Bonaparte (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); to Siluriformes by Sereno et al. (2008); to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clarioidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Clariidae Bonaparte
1963Clariidae Jordan p. 649
2008Clariidae Sereno et al.
2013Clariidae Betancur et al.
2016Clariidae Nelson et al. p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Clariidae Bonaparte 1846 [airbreathing catfish]
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G. Clarias Scopoli 1777 [catfish]
G. †Heterobranchus Hilaire 1827
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (158 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Algeria (Bechar region) Clariidae indet. (77014)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Clariidae indet. (28978)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Clariidae indet. (70808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Clariidae indet. (22217 22344 22431 22450 22452 22454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Clarias sp., Heterobranchus sp. (47026 47074)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Kenya Clarias sp. (22303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Clarias sp. (22288 22293) Clariidae indet. (22290 22300)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Clariidae indet. (35279 35280 35281)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Turkey Heterobranchus sp. (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Uganda Clariidae indet. (22358 22361 22443)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Clarias sp. (28245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Clariidae indet. (22345)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chad Clariidae indet. (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Clariidae indet. (22275)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Clarias sp. (22140 22141 22143 22145 22146)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Clarias sp. (22044 22144)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Clarias sp. (22277 22278)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Clarias sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Clariidae indet. (22257 22258 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Clarias sp. (22152 22154 22476 22477)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Clarias sp. (21531)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Clariidae indet. (22209 22210)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Djibouti Heterobranchus sp. (22485)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Clariidae indet. (22207)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt Clarias sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Clarias lazera (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Clarias sp. (21538)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Clarias sp. (69088)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Clarias sp., Clariidae indet. (22178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Clarias sp. (21545)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Clarias sp. (21446 21451 21497 32116)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Clarias sp. (22593 22595)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Eritrea (Buia) Clarias sp. (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Clarias sp. (21442 21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522 22342 32051 32053 32055)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Clarias sp. (21974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Clarias anguillaris (21885 21886 21887 21890 21891 21892) Clarias sp. (21853 21898 21901 21906) Clarias sp., Heterobranchus sp. (21899 21905)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Clarias anguillaris (22508 22509 22513 22514 22516 22519 22520 22522 22523 22524 22526 22530 22531 22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti Heterobranchus sp. (22486)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Clarias sp. (21836 21837 21838 21842 21843)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Clarias sp. (22098 22099 22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Clarias anguillaris (22527 22528 22529 22532 22533 22534 22536 22537 22539 22542 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Clariidae sp. (22548)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Clarias indet. (32060 32063) Clarias sp. (21414 21443 21524 21526 21534 32058 32085 32087)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Clarias sp. (21968 21970 21971 22041 22064 22464 22469 22620 22621 22626 22627 22628)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Clarias sp. (22272 22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Clarias gariepinus, Heterobranchus sp. (22066) Clarias sp. (22065)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Clarias gariepinus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Clarias sp. (22310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Clarias sp. (208787) Clarias sp., Clarias gariepinus (208786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Clarias sp. (22068 22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Clarias sp. (83303 83304 83305)