Clarotes
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| Clarotes | |
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| Clarotes laticeps | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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Clarotes is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to East Africa.
Species
[edit | edit source]There are currently two extant species and one fossil species recognized in this genus:[1][2]
- Clarotes bidorsalis Pellegrin, 1938
- †Clarotes eocenicus Murray & Holmes, 2021
- Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829) (Widehead catfish)
- Synonyms
- Clarotes heuglini Kner, 1855; valid as Clarotes laticeps
- Clarotes macrocephalus Daget, 1954; valid as Clarotes laticeps
- Clarotes tarabinii Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972; valid as Pardiglanis tarabinii (Somalian giant catfish)
References
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