Clarotes

Clarotes is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to East Africa.

Clarotes
Clarotes laticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Claroteidae
Subfamily:	Claroteinae
Genus:	Clarotes Kner, 1855
Type species
Clarotes heuglinii Kner, 1855
Synonyms
Gonocephalus Kner, 185 Octonematichthys Bleeker, 1858

Species

There are currently three extant species and one fossil species recognized in this genus:^[1][2]

• Clarotes bidorsalis Pellegrin, 1938
• †Clarotes eocenicus Murray & Holmes, 2021
• Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829) (Widehead catfish)
• Clarotes macrocephalus Daget, 1954

Synonyms

• Clarotes heuglini Kner, 1855; valid as Clarotes laticeps
• Clarotes tarabinii Poll, Lanza & Romoli Sassi, 1972; valid as Pardiglanis tarabinii (Somalian giant catfish)