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Taxon: Genus Clarias Scopoli, 1777 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  L.T. Gronovius, 1763 ex J.A. Scopoli, 1777, gen. caelebs, orth. corr.
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Gronovius, L.T. 1763. Zoophyl. (fasc. 1): 100. [nom. inval.]. ≡
Original name & rank:  Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Intr. Hist. Nat.: 455 ("Chlarias. Gronov."). [ECoF, 20 May 2025: "regarded as in error"]. ≡
Original inclusion of species:  Swainson, 1839: 307.
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 20 May 2025; 8 Jun 2025. [inferred]
Available genus-group name without included nominal species (gen. caelebs) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 20 May 2025 ("Species added by Swainson 1839:307"). [implicit]

Types

Type of: Clariidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<8 Jun 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling: Clarius (Genus) Bleeker, 1858

Synonyms

Questionably Including: Xenoclarias (Genus) Greenwood, 1958 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 180.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: roofmeervallen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (Latin)

Stem: Clari- Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 172, 176.
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