Catfishes

Order Siluriformes

This order contains catfishes.

Freshwater catfishes

Old World Catfishes (Family Siluridae)
Hasselt's Catfish Silurichthys hasseltii

Air-breathing Catfishes (Family Clariidae)
Common Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
Forest Walking Catfish Clarias teijsmanni
African Walking Catfish Clarias gariepinus - Introduced
Slender Walking Catfish Clarias nieuhofii

Sucker Catfishes (Family Sisoridae)
Indochinese Wrinkle-bellied Catfish Glyptothorax fuscus

Parakysid Catfishes (Family Parakysidae)
Singapore Little Warty Catfish Parakysis longirostris

Sucker-mouthed Armoured Catfishes (Family Loricariidae)
Marbled-belly Armoured Catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus - Introduced
Spotted-belly Armoured Catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis - Introduced

Freshwater and marine catfishes

Naked Catfishes (Family Bagridae)
Estuarine Catfish Mystus gulio
Dwarf Bumblebee Catfish Pseudomystus leiacanthus

Marine catfishes

Marine Catfishes (Family Ariidae)
Shovelnose Sea Catfish Arius subrostratusYellow Sea Catfish Arius venosus

Eeltail Catfishes (Family Plotosidae)
White-lipped Eeltail Catfish Paraplotosus albilabris
Black Eeltail Catfish Plotosus canius
Striped Eeltail Catfish Plotosus lineatus

African Walking Catfish at Botanic Gardens ©Tan KH

African Walking Catfish preyed upon by Water Monitor at Botanic Gardens ©Tan KH

African Walking Catfish with Green Chromides at Bishand Park ©Tan KH

Armoured catfish at Botanic Gardens ©Tan KH