Keeping clarias catfish together ?

[Ronald Overby]

I am not 100 percent sure but I think they are banned in the state of Ohio USA. i wish i could get my hands on one, I had an albino about 40 years ago when i lived in New Jersey, it was beautiful and got big fast. i was trying to find out if it is still banned but google is not my friend. if anyone knows who i can contact about this fish please reply. i would buy another tank if i could get a hold of one legally of course.

 

[deeda]

Check out the following link ODNR for info and specifically the Top Aquatic Invasive Species and Injurious Aquatic Invasive Species under the List PDF Claris batrachus is listed as prohibited.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

As far as I know, the entire family of Claridae or most of them, not only the genus of Clarias, are prohibited federally in the USA. You cannot own them legally anywhere in the US (for your personal pleasure).

 

[blackbullhead]

Yup, thebiggerthebetter is right...In some museum collections I've seen jars of clariids that were seized from importers at US customs. Not sure about Heteropneustes, though, which is sometimes included in Clariidae.