Xenoclarias

Xenoclarias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Clariidae
Genus:	Xenoclarias ; Greenwood, 1958
Type species
	Clarias eupogon; Norman, 1928

Last updated November 09, 2025

Xenoclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes (family Clariidae) endemic to Lake Victoria. This genus contains two species ^[1]

Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928) (Lake Victoria deepwater catfish)
Xenoclarias holobranchus Greenwood, 1958

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Xenoclarias". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 November 2025.

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[CoF-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Xenoclarias". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 November 2025.

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