Bathyclarias Channallabes Clariallabes Clarias Dinotopterus Dolichallabes Encheloclarias Gymnallabes Heterobranchus Horaglanis Platyallabes Platyclarias Pseudotanganikallabes Tanganikallabes Uegitglanis Xenoclarias Airbreathing catfish comprise the family Clariidae of the order Siluriformes.

Although clariids occur in India, Syria, southern Turkey, and large parts of Southeast Asia, their diversity is the largest in Africa.

Some fish have small eyes and reduced or absent pectoral and pelvic fins for a burrowing lifestyle.

[1] Within the family Clariidae, body forms range from fusiform (torpedo-like) to anguilliform (eel-like).

With the Heteropneustidae and Clariidae as separate families, a recent paper groups them into a superfamily called the Clarioidea.