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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
General
Conservation
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References
General Information
Clarias fuscus
Whitespotted Walking Catfish
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Siluridae
Other Common Name(s):
Chinese catfish
Description:
The Whitespotted Walking Catfish has a long, cylindrical and scaleless body and a large broad flat head. The mouth is huge and surrounded by 4 pairs of fleshy barbels. The dorsal and anal fins are long and stretch backwards to its rounded caudal fin. There is a pair of sharp and serrated spines in its pectoral fins. It has a brownish grey back and yellowish brown to greyish brown sides which are marked with numerous white spots of varying sizes.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Distributed throughout Hong Kong particularly in the North District.
Global Distribution
China, Japan, Vietnam, Laos and Philippines.
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lam, K. S. (2002).
Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
Man, S.H. and Hodgkiss, I.J. (1981).
Hong Kong Freshwater Fishes.
The Urban Council, Hong Kong.
