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The walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish native to Southeast Asia. It is named for its ability to "walk" and wiggle across dry land, to find food or suitable environments. While it does not truly walk as most bipeds or quadrupeds do, it can use its pectoral fins to keep it upright as it makes a wiggling motion with snakelike movements to traverse land

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Walking catfish
Piebald C. batrachus; a common morph in aquaculture
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Clarias
Species:
C. batrachus
Binomial name
Clarias batrachus
Synonyms
  • Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Clarias punctatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Clarias assamensis Day, 1877
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