Tioman Walking Catfish
Clarias batu
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Fish
Clarias batu is a species of clariid catfish. It is only known from Tioman Island off the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The eel-like catfish found on this island were originally identified as the widespread species Clarias nieuhofii but comparison of a large series of specimens from Tioman with a series of C. nieuhofii from the mainland revealed consistent and distinctive differences indicating a separate species.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias