- Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias depressus Myers, 1925
- Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896
- Clarias lazera Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899
- Clarias macracanthus Günther, 1864
- Clarias malaris Nichols & Griscom, 1917
- Clarias microphthalmus Pfeffer, 1896
- Clarias micropthalmus Pfeffer, 1896
- Clarias moorii Boulenger, 1901
- Clarias mossambicus Peters, 1852
- Clarias muelleri Pietschmann, 1939
- Clarias notozygurus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922
- Clarias orontis Günther, 1864
- Clarias robecchii Vinciguerra, 1893
- Clarias smithii Günther, 1896
- Clarias syriacus Valenciennes, 1840
- Clarias tsanensis Boulenger, 1902
- Clarias vinciguerrae Boulenger, 1902
- Clarias xenodon Günther, 1864