Species details : Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864

Accepted scientific name:
Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Clarias macrocephalus  Günther, 1864
Synonyms:
Clarias leiacanthus (non Fowler, 1934) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Clarias leiacanthus (non Fowler, 1934)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Storhovedet ålemalle - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Broadhead catfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Freshwater catfish - English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Trey andaing toun - Khmer Cambodia Click here to show the literature
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Pa douk - Laotian Laos Click here to show the literature
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Keli - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Keli bunga - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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斑点胡鲶(引进) Ban dian hu nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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斑點鬍鯰(引進) Ban dian hu nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Hito - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Duk uey - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla douk uey - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla duk uey - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla oui chae - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาดุกอุย Pla douk uey Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาอั้วะชื้อ Pla oui chae Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Cá trê vàng - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Alimudan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Clariidae FishBase
Genus Clarias FishBase
Distribution: Asia: Thailand to Viet Nam. Introduced to China, Malaysia, Guam and the Philippines.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4805
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc2ce75b-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401