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Puntat

Clarias fuscus (Lacepède, 1803)

Status not recordedbony fish

The puntat (Clarias fuscus) is a species in the family Clariidae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the puntat

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 puntat live?

Not recorded

Is the puntat 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 puntat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyClariidae
  6. genusClarias
  7. SpeciesClarias fuscus (Lacepède, 1803)

Synonyms Clarias pulicaris, Clarias sauteri, Macropteronotus fuscus

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Chinese catfishEnglish
  • Hong Kong catfishEnglish
  • Walking catfishEnglish
  • Whitespotted clariasEnglish
  • Whitespotted freshwater catfishEnglish
  • keříčkovec potemnělýCzech
  • Lele Bintik Putih Hong KongIndonesian
  • HirenamazuJapanese
  • Klarievyi SomRussian
  • Cá Trê DenVietnamese
  • 土杀Chinese
  • ヒレナマズJapanese
  • сом бурый длинноперыйRussian
  • 土殺Chinese
  • 塘虱Chinese
  • 塘虱魚Chinese
  • 本土土虱Chinese
  • 棕鬍鯰Chinese
  • 胡子鲶Chinese
  • 胡鲶Chinese
  • 鬍子鯰Chinese
  • 鬍鯰Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the puntat

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

ComparePuntat vs Walking catfishPuntat vs BarbelPuntat vs CatfishPuntat vs Cave catfish

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the puntat?

The puntat (Clarias fuscus) 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). Puntat (Clarias fuscus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/puntat

MLA

“Puntat (Clarias fuscus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/puntat.

BibTeX
@misc{puntat_2026,
  title = {Puntat (Clarias fuscus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/puntat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}