Clariidae

Clarias nigricans

Clarias nigricans

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Clarias nigricans is a species of clariid catfish. It is only known from the Mahakam River in eastern Borneo. The eel-like catfish of this region were long assumed to belong to the widespread species Clarias nieuhofii but examination of 6 specimens purchased from a fish market in Samarinda in 1999 and preserved specimens from the same location revealed consistent and distinctive differences indicating a separate species.