Clarotes

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Clarotes
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Clarotes laticeps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Claroteidae
Subfamily: Claroteinae
Genus: Clarotes
Kner, 1855
Type species
Clarotes heuglinii
Kner, 1855
Synonyms
  • Gonocephalus
    Kner, 185
  • Octonematichthys
    Bleeker, 1858

Clarotes is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to East Africa.

Species

There are currently three extant species and one fossil species recognized in this genus: [1] [2]

Synonyms

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Clarotes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. Murray, Alison M.; Holmes, Robert B. (21 October 2021). "A new species of claroteid catfish (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from the Eocene of Egypt, (Africa) indicates continental differences in tempo of catfish evolution" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (3). Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E9021M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1979021. S2CID   239508127.