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Clarid catfish

Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861

Status not recordedbony fish

The clarid catfish (Clarias ngamensis) is a species in the family Clariidae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the clarid catfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the clarid catfish live?

Not recorded

Is the clarid catfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the clarid catfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyClariidae
  6. genusClarias
  7. SpeciesClarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861

Synonyms Clarias melandi, Clarias mellandi, Clarias nagamensis, Clarias prentissgrayi, Dinopterus jallae, Dinopterus pentissgrayi, Dinotopteroides prentissgrayi, Dinotopterus jallae

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Blunt-toothed African catfishEnglish
  • Blunttooth catfishEnglish
  • keříčkovec ngamskýCzech
  • ปลาดุกแอฟริกาฟันทื่อThai
  • DituniTswana
  • Nkosiroot
  • nDombiTswana
  • Akabukularoot
  • Chikano (chisena)root
  • Chilwa-sa-meno (sisubia)root
  • Mulonfiroot
  • Ndombe (lozi)root
  • Nkoma (lozi)root
  • Nsoho (sisubia)root
  • Sitama (lozi)root
  • Stomptand-baberroot
  • Stomptandbaberroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clarid catfish

Other species in the same genus Clarias.

LC, Least Concern
Barbel (Clarias gariepinus)

Barbel

Clarias gariepinus

Clariidae

Catfish

Clarias anguillaris

ClariidaeNo free photo yet

Native Hito

Clarias macrocephalus

ClariidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the clarid catfish?

The clarid catfish (Clarias ngamensis) belongs to the family Clariidae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clarid catfish (Clarias ngamensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clarid-catfish

MLA

“Clarid catfish (Clarias ngamensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clarid-catfish.

BibTeX
@misc{clarid_catfish_2026,
  title = {Clarid catfish (Clarias ngamensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clarid-catfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}