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Airbreathing catfish
Clarias batrachus at Brno Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Siluroidea
Family: Clariidae
Bonaparte, 1846
Genera

Bathyclarias
Channallabes
Clariallabes
Clarias
Dinotopterus
Dolichallabes
Encheloclarias
Gymnallabes
Heterobranchus
Horaglanis
Platyallabes
Platyclarias
Pseudotanganikallabes
Tanganikallabes
Uegitglanis
Xenoclarias

Airbreathing catfish comprise the family Clariidae of the order Siluriformes. Sixteen genera and about 117 species of clariid fishes are described; all are freshwater species.[1] Other groups of catfish also breathe air, such as the Callichthyidae and Loricariidae.

  1. ^ Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.

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