Walking catfish  (Clarias brachysoma)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->

      • Siluridae - Eurasian catfishes->
      • Ictaluridae - North American freshwater catfishes->
      • Pimelodidae - Long-whiskered catfishes->
      • Pangasiidae - Shark catfishes->
      • Astroblepidae - Naked sucker-mouth catfishes->
      • Clariidae - Airbreathing catfishes->

        • Clarias - Clarias->

          • North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
          • Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus)
          • African mudfish (Clarias anguillaris)
          • Angolian walking catfish (Clarias angolensis)
          • Clarias abbreviatus (Clarias abbreviatus)
          • Clarias agboyiensis (Clarias agboyiensis)
          • Clarias albopunctatus (Clarias albopunctatus)
          • Alluaud’s catfish (Clarias alluaudi)
          • Clarias anfractus (Clarias anfractus)
          • Clarias batu (Clarias batu)
          • Walking catfish (Clarias brachysoma)
          • Clarias buettikoferi (Clarias buettikoferi)
          • Clarias buthupogon (Clarias buthupogon)
          • Clarias camerunensis (Clarias camerunensis)
          • Clarias cataractus (Clarias cataractus)
          • Cave catfish (Clarias cavernicola)
          • Clarias dayi (Clarias dayi)
          • Clarias dhonti (Clarias dhonti)
          • Clarias dumerilii (Clarias dumerilii)
          • Clarias dussumieri (Clarias dussumieri)
          • Clarias ebriensis (Clarias ebriensis)
          • Clarias engelseni (Clarias engelseni)
          • Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
          • Clarias gabonensis (Clarias gabonensis)
          • Clarias gracilentus (Clarias gracilentus)
          • Clarias hilli (Clarias hilli)
          • Clarias insolitus (Clarias insolitus)
          • Clarias intermedius (Clarias intermedius)
          • Clarias jaensis (Clarias jaensis)
          • Clarias kapuasensis (Clarias kapuasensis)
          • Airbreathing catfish (Clarias laeviceps)
          • Clarias lamottei (Clarias lamottei)
          • Clarias leiacanthus (Clarias leiacanthus)
          • Smoothhead catfish (Clarias liocephalus)
          • Clarias longior (Clarias longior)
          • Clarias maclareni (Clarias maclareni)
          • Bighead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus)
          • Clarias macromystax (Clarias macromystax)
          • Clarias magur (Clarias magur)
          • Blackskin catfish (Clarias meladerma)
          • Clarias microspilus (Clarias microspilus)
          • Clarias microstomus (Clarias microstomus)
          • Clarias monsembulai (Clarias monsembulai)
          • Clarias nebulosus (Clarias nebulosus)
          • Blunt-toothed African catfish (Clarias ngamensis)
          • Slender walking catfish (Clarias nieuhofii)
          • Clarias nigricans (Clarias nigricans)
          • Clarias nigromarmoratus (Clarias nigromarmoratus)
          • Clarias olivaceus (Clarias olivaceus)
          • Clarias pachynema (Clarias pachynema)
          • Clarias planiceps (Clarias planiceps)
          • Clarias platycephalus (Clarias platycephalus)
          • Clarias pseudoleiacanthus (Clarias pseudoleiacanthus)
          • Clarias pseudonieuhofii (Clarias pseudonieuhofii)
          • Clarias salae (Clarias salae)
          • Clarias serniosus (Clarias serniosus)
          • Blotched catfish (Clarias stappersii)
          • Clarias submarginatus (Clarias submarginatus)
          • Clarias sulcatus (Clarias sulcatus)
          • Clarias teijsmanni (Clarias teijsmanni)
          • Snake catfish (Clarias theodorae)
          • Werner’s catfish (Clarias werneri)
        • Heterobranchus - Heterobranchus->
        • Bathyclarias - Bathyclarias->
        • Channallabes - Channallabes->
        • Encheloclarias - Encheloclarias->
        • Clariallabes - Clariallabes->
        • Dinotopterus - Dinotopterus->
        • Dolichallabes - Dolichallabes->
        • Gymnallabes - Gymnallabes->
        • Horaglanis - Horaglanis->
        • Platyallabes - Platyallabes->
        • Platyclarias - Platyclarias->
        • Pseudotanganikallabes - Pseudotanganikallabes->
        • Tanganikallabes - Tanganikallabes->
        • Uegitglanis - Uegitglanis->
        • Xenoclarias - Xenoclarias->
      • Ariidae - Sea catfishes->
      • Plotosidae - Eeltail catfishes->
      • Doradidae - Thorny catfishes->
      • Auchenipteridae - Driftwood catfishes->
      • Bagridae - Naked catfishes->
      • Callichthyidae - Armored catfishes->
      • Sisoridae - Asian adhesive catfishes->
      • Malapteruridae - Electric catfishes->
      • Schilbeidae - Schilbid catfishes->
      • Loricariidae - Armoured suckermouth catfishes->
      • Heptapteridae - Three-barbeled catfishes->
      • Ailiidae - Asian schilbeids->
      • Akysidae - Stream catfishes->
      • Amblycipitidae - Torrent catfishes->
      • Amphiliidae - Loach catfishes->
      • Anchariidae - Vaonas->
      • Aspredinidae - Banjo catfishes->
      • Austroglanididae - Austroglanids->
      • Cetopsidae - Whale catfishes->
      • Chacidae - Squarehead or angler catfish->
      • Claroteidae - Claroteid catfishes->
      • Cranoglanididae - Armorhead catfishes->
      • Diplomystidae - Velvet catfishes->
      • Erethistidae - South Asian river catfishes->
      • Heteropneustidae - Airsac catfishes->
      • Horabagridae - Imperial catfishes->
      • Kryptoglanidae - Indian cave catfishes->
      • Lacantuniidae - Chiapas catfishes->
      • Mochokidae - Squeakers or upside-down catfishes->
      • Nematogenyidae - Mountain catfishes->
      • Olyridae - Longtail catfishes->
      • Parakysidae - Parakysid catfishes->
      • Phreatobiidae - Cistern catfishes->
      • Pseudopimelodidae - Bumblebee catfishes, dwarf marbled catfishes->
      • Scoloplacidae - Spiny dwarf catfishes->
      • Trichomycteridae - Pencil or parasitic catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->