Clarias nieuhofii, the slender walking catfish, is a species of clariid catfish. It has a wide distribution in Southeast Asia including southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, parts of the Greater Sunda Islands (Indonesia and Malaysia, including Borneo), and the Philippines.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Walking Catfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Clarias fuscus
- Heteropneustes fossilis — considered venomous
- Clarias batrachus
- Clarias gariepinus
- Silurus asotus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Clariidae
- Genus
- Clarias
- Species
- Clarias nieuhofii
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